Renzo Piano, the architect who designed the New York Times Building, was chosen to build a cultural center in Greece that will house the country’s new opera house and national library.

Piano will develop a 42-acre (17 hectare) property on the coast near the center of Athens, the capital, according to an e- mailed statement from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, which commissioned the project. The site will house the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center with new opera and library facilities within an educational and cultural park.

The foundation has budgeted 300 million euros ($442 million) for the center and will hand over the project to the Greek state on completion.

(via Bloomberg.com)

Speriamo bastino, 300 milioni, non vorrei si finisse come il coso della Hadid per l’Architecture Foundation…