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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
How much of this $25 million cost goes to the architecture firm? It's ridiculous. It's decent looking but it's just a bridge. I always laugh when things like this or a logo for "The Heart of the New West" Calgary slogan ends up costing millions of dollars in fees going to the design/marketing companies.
Why not just get highschool and university students in Calgary to come up with designs for a good price to pay for their educations or something? There is a alot of young creative talent in our youth. Then get an engineering firm (of which this city abounds with) to sort it out and you are done.
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Calatrava's fee was both reasonable compared to other (local) designers, and has world-class name value associated with it.
No problems here.