Realising the Future
Despite a US$170 million budget and international publicity campaign to promote the design led by Rem Koolhaas’s team at OMA, construction on the Taipei Performing Arts Center, scheduled for completion in 2016, ground to a halt towards the end of last year when the leading contractor suddenly and unexpectedly declared bankruptcy. This high-profile setback came on the heels of major delays at another nearby project — the Taipei Dome. Originally planned to break ground in 2007, construction only began in 2011
