“Spain’s premier architect is now embroiled in an ugly row with his home town over the cause of recent flooding to the city’s colossal €332m (£230m) opera house, the Palau de les Arts. Torrential rain last week damaged the palace’s electrical and cooling systems, and left rehearsal areas and a side theatre inundated with mud and water… Valencian officials have pinned their hopes of boosting the city’s cultural profile on the Palau but the ship-like structure has been plagued with problems since it opened in 2005.”