"The spectacular extension to Madrid's Reina Sofia modern art museum, hailed as a breathtaking achievement when it opened last September, had a serious design fault: the roof leaked.
Days before the new wing, designed by France's leading avant-garde architect Jean Nouvel, was inaugurated by Queen Sofia to international acclaim, drops falling from the ceiling left marks on an important painting by the Spanish master of cubism Juan Gris, Frutero y periodico (fruitbowl and newspaper).
Nouvel's tinted glass and reflective metal structure cost €92m (£63m) and took six years to build. It extends the 18th-century pile which houses works by Dali, Miró and Picasso. The Reina Sofia rivals the Prado museum as a top attraction for visitors to the Spanish capital.
"There were certain construction deficiencies in the design and building of the roof and the drainage system," the director of the museum, Ana Martinez de Aguilar, told MPs."
Just a leak? We can do better than that. We've got a roof about to collapse (here).
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