September 22, 2008
The Minister for Cultural Properties and Activities, Sandro Bondi, is drafting a bill on the quality of architecture and town-planning of urban areas and the territory. Its main objectives are to stimulate the use of architecture competitions for designing new public works, not limiting participation to architect-stars, and instead opening up to young professionals by means of greater transparency in assigning projects and, especially, privileging the evaluation of project merit. The final goal is to bring the Italian quality standards in line with those of Europe.
The good news doesn’t stop here, though: at its web site, the MiBAC (Ministry for Cultural Properties and Activities) solicits observations and suggestions to improve the bill from those parties that deal with these issues every day.

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