The architect Stefano Boeri is among those under investigation in an investigation by the Milan prosecutor's office for bid rigging in relation to the project of the European information and culture library BEIC, which should be built in the Lombard capital in the Porta Vittoria area.

The Financial Police launched a series of searches, also acquiring computer material.

The architect Raffaele Lunati is also among those under investigation. Lunati was awarded the project, while Boeri - a world-renowned star architect who has designed famous projects and buildings, such as the Bosco Verticale - was part of the judging commission.

«I am calm and I confirm my complete willingness to collaborate with the competent authorities to provide all the information in my possession, in order to clarify a situation that I find incredible», Boeri's comment on the news of the investigation.

(Unioneonline/lf)

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