And every one of the new designs — there are nine, since the team led by Rafael Viñoly submitted three schemes — was serious and worth talking about.
It has been estimated the 294 local schemes submitted to the Environment Agency for consideration in 2010 are yet to be given the go-ahead.
Nick Helm, architect in charge of the project - a kind of Shakesperean Glyndebourne of the North - is about to submit the scheme to local planners.
Arbitration is usually, but not necessarily, confidential, and it would need to be decided whether claims submitted to the scheme should be public.
Now Mr Choi is trying to pep up the economy further by getting South Korean firms to spend more on wages and dividends.Mr Choi's scheme, submitted to South Korea's parliament this week, will tax companies' cash piles on the grounds that corporate stinginess is holding the country back.
In the White Rose scheme submitted to Leeds City Council, Ravensleft Properties Ltd said they want to form new and enlarged retail units, alter vehicle access and carry out landscaping works.
The number of turbines has been cut by 20, to a maximum of 175, in a revised scheme submitted to the government.
Griffin's proposal was "the grandest scheme submitted, yet it had an appealing simplicity and clarity.
The two submitted a "grandiose" scheme that called for the construction of a subterranean traffic system, over-ground buildings, a pedestrian promenade, parking for 1,000 cars, and a bus terminal.
In 23 September 1993, the games were awarded to Sydney, but the following year Manchester submitted the same scheme design to the Millennium Commission as a "Millennium Stadium", only to have this proposal rejected.
