To enter a design competition takes a lot of money and a lot of time. That competition didn't give you even the slightest taste of the local talent. A lot you you people seem to think this stuff is like doing a water colour painting on the weekend in your basement. Alot of the talent in this City don't own their own firms and don't have the resources to enter competitions. Alot of them are working for slave wages just trying to feed their families.
Many young talents, if they were given hundreds of thousands of dollars in a direct contract could take the time needed to produce results. Now that would have been a real forward thinking risk. Calitrava was not a risk in the least.
You people understand that unless you win you don't make any money entering competitions correct? That means only people with Personal wealth can direct the resources to allow for the amount of time needed to create great design. Or you could spend the time if you are given a direct contact.
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