Iraq’s new Parliament building to cost 1 billion dollars
With Iraq teetering on collapse in the face of
combined attacks from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and the
Kurdish regional government, the federal government of Nouri al-Maliki
confirmed that plans for the new $ 1-billion parliamentary complex were
going ahead | Following an opaque call for tender process, the government chose the
design submitted by Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-British icon of
deconstructivist architecture who is currently building the Central Bank
of Iraq | The original competition, in 2012, run by the Royal Institute of
British Architects at the request of the Iraqi Government was won by the
London architect firm Assemblage, which collected its $ 250 000
prize. However, the choice of the Royal Institute was cast aside by the
Iraqi Parliament in favor of Zaha Hadid’s design | Voltaire Network
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