'This picture is exactly how we envisaged it,' says James Leatham of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. The yellow structural pylons beckon invitingly behind the arcades of the 19th century Las Arenas bullring in Barcelona. From the disk of the new fifth floor people look out over the city - an incredible 35,000 visited on the first Sunday it was open even though the shops were shut. Leatham was shaken by the scale of interest: 'We had to close the doors - it was unbelievable.'
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