Viñoly's Colchester arts facility: what went wrong?

By Thomas Lane and Thomas Lane Thomas Lane2008-07-25T00:01:00

The cladding contractor left the site, with the building unfinished

The US architect’s visual arts centre has joined an inglorious list of public projects that have paid a high price for lofty ambitions. As the local council desperately searches for funding to complete the stalled project, Thomas Lane finds out what went wrong

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