I try to remember these things when I look at the modern cathedrals, in Germany's case the new Berlin Airport, the new Stuttgart railway station, and, recently completed, the Hamburg philharmonia building - also called the German Bermuda triangle for its ever increasing costs and time-frame.

In the long term, this was the normal way to build large structures, and hopefully future generations will look at them and still be able to enjoy, even if we have to pay more and more and keep waiting.