City Gate project extended on Piano’s insistence

Italian architect Renzo Piano was originally briefed to draw up €80 million project for Royal Opera House site, however he had insisted with the previous PN government that he could extend project with same budget.

Sunday newspaper Illum, reveals that Piano had informed the Nationalist administration that he could extend the project to the site adjacent to the old theatre.

This emerged during the meeting Piano had with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat last week in Paris.

Read more in today's edition of Illum