 Other controversial projects include the Mariinsky Theatre Second Stage and the reconstruction of the New Holland Island.Both projects required destruction of some of the earlier historic buildings, and the new stage of the Mariinsky Theatre was originally attempted to be built according to a highly original design by French architect Dominique Perrault, resembling a cocoon.The project, however, was deemed too costly and too much out-of-line with the surrounding classical architecture, and the design was changed.