The Parliament House in Valletta was designed by Renzo Piano of Renzo Piano Building Workshop. The Grand Harbour Regeneration Corporation was the client, and the Government of Malta owns it. Construction started in 2011, and it was inaugurated on May 4, 2015. The infobox gives three floors, while the text describes two blocks of three floors each.
The article calls the design ultramodern, contrasting with Valletta's historic character. It has a steel frame clad in Gozitan limestone, and the infobox also lists concrete. It has 248,000 square feet (23,000 square meters) and cost about 90 million euros.
The Daily Telegraph listed it among 2015's best and worst new buildings, and the design led UNESCO to question Valletta's World Heritage status. Most of the building is closed to visitors, but a ground-floor exhibition is open to the public. The article gives no hours.
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