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February 22, 2008

Renzo Piano wins Athens opera house

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Italian architect Renzo Piano, who co-designed the Pompidou Center in Paris, has been commissioned to build Athens' new opera house and national library.

The $442 million project will be funded with an endowment from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the public benefit organization said Thursday in a statement. Upon completion, it will be handed over to the Greek state.


 
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