"We are close to the contract signature," Jezek said adding that the cost of the plot is about the same as the originally considered site at Prague's Letna.Jezek said the contract would only entail possible commitments for the plot owner, not for the library.He said the place fulfils all conditions set Czech press survey ...
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It is situated within a broader centre of Prague, it is well accessible by city transport and in an area that is not threatened by possible floods, Jezek said, but would not elaborate.He said Kaplicky knows about the new site but he has not yet commented on it.Jezek said he has also informed the Culture Ministry, the library founder, of the negotiations.Jiri Wolf, spokesman for the Prague City Hall, said the city cannot comment on Jezek's plan since it does not know where the plot is situated.The city promised to sell the originally planned plot at Letna to the library, but the almost unanimous resolution has not yet been fulfilled and the plot has now been mentioned as one of the main obstacles to the project's implementation.The Anti-trust Office (UOHS) recently released the full text of a stand by the European Commission on the competition for the NK design. The commission recommnded to the library to cancel the competition.It says the competition does not create a basis for placing the working out of the project documentation right to Kaplicky.Besides the plot problem, a lack of money is mentioned among the reasons for not building the library as planned.The competition results were announced one and a half years ago. It is speculated that Jezek may be dismissed.However, the National Library badly needs a new building because it is running out of capacity and the conditions for keeping books in the historical building of Klementinum in Prauge's centre are not suitable.
(Ceske Noviny)
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