"The New Gates of Belgrade"
ITALIAN AMBASSADOR OPENS COMPETITION FOR RESTORATION OF POLICE BUILDING
BELGRADE, April 22 (Beta)-Antonio Zanardi Landi Italy's ambassador in SerbiaMontenegro presented on April 22 a competition for architectural solutions for the restoration of the federal and republican interior ministry buildings damaged by NATO in 1999.
The competition, dubbed The New Gates of Belgrade, will open on May 5 and last until Sept. 9. One of the buildings is located near the Surcin airport while the other is located in Kneza Milosa Street in downtown Belgrade.
Ambassador Landi, who came up with the idea for the competition together with Belgrade's chief architect Djordje Bobic, stressed that his intention had been to help eliminate the "dark image" that Belgrade sometimes projected to visitors from the EU. "The purpose of the competition is to collect ideas for a new, more realistic picture of Belgrade, now en route to the EU," the ambassador said.The best projects will be awarded in October within a promotional manifestation called Days of Italy 2005, which will gather hundreds of Italian businessmen in Belgrade. The grand prize is EUR10,000.
taken from suc.org
ITALIAN AMBASSADOR OPENS COMPETITION FOR RESTORATION OF POLICE BUILDING
BELGRADE, April 22 (Beta)-Antonio Zanardi Landi Italy's ambassador in SerbiaMontenegro presented on April 22 a competition for architectural solutions for the restoration of the federal and republican interior ministry buildings damaged by NATO in 1999.
The competition, dubbed The New Gates of Belgrade, will open on May 5 and last until Sept. 9. One of the buildings is located near the Surcin airport while the other is located in Kneza Milosa Street in downtown Belgrade.
Ambassador Landi, who came up with the idea for the competition together with Belgrade's chief architect Djordje Bobic, stressed that his intention had been to help eliminate the "dark image" that Belgrade sometimes projected to visitors from the EU. "The purpose of the competition is to collect ideas for a new, more realistic picture of Belgrade, now en route to the EU," the ambassador said.The best projects will be awarded in October within a promotional manifestation called Days of Italy 2005, which will gather hundreds of Italian businessmen in Belgrade. The grand prize is EUR10,000.
taken from suc.org