The town of České Budějovice showed more understanding of modern architecture than Prague has and commissioned Jan Kaplický to deisgn a music hall. The Czech born architect died January 13 but his last design will be realised, as promised by the South Bohemian Club of Friends of Music.
The Congress and Concert Hall Centre of Antonín Dvořák has been nicknamed manta ray and it will be built at a place where former barracks used to stand.