The Danish architectural studio Henning Larsen Architects won an international competition for the reconstruction of Prague’s Main Train Station, and the shock of the daring design could hardly be greater. Rather than proposing some cosmetic changes to the original brutalist structure, the Danes call for the front portion of the station to be torn down. Rather than walls, they call for a tall arching network of latticed wooden columns without walls. In justifying its decision, the jury wrote that above all it “appreciates the comprehensiveness of the approach and the coherence of the solution for the entire area. And . . .
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