2024-12-22T06:19:41-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/93062687/a-half-hearted-defense-of-calatrava Nam Henderson 2014-02-07T11:01:00-05:00 >2014-02-07T11:01:36-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/sh/shxp2upy3ny2qnqx.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Though easy targets for fiscal hawks, public architecture that&rsquo;s luxurious and dramatic &mdash; even excessive &mdash; should be ours as a right.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Owen Hatherly has published a piece praising "white elephant" architectural projects.</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/54265663/the-white-elephants-and-fiscal-black-holes-of-spain Nam Henderson 2012-07-27T12:42:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/oo/oo19ubag3ti7g9o4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>"Regional governments enjoy the possibility of spending and inaugurating public works but they don't run the political risk or cost of raising taxes.</p></em><br /><br /><p> Pascale Harter visits Spain where &nbsp;regions are clamouring for money from central government - and one of the reasons for this is their lavish spending on white elephant building projects, such as the airport at Ciudad Real, south of Madrid.</p>