Sobre a Casa da Música e a polémica à volta do seu custo e utilidade recomenda-se vivamente a leitura deste editorial de Peter Davey: Common Decency - architecture of public buildings :
Most modern governments have strange values when it comes to procuring buildings. They want to make their mark: the public demands schools, hospitals, infrastructure projects and much else. But there must be no sign of wasting taxpayers' money. (...)