METAL

VIEW
24 Can Yemeni tradition survive? Venice – a new initiative; Browser; Ramallah reaction

VIEW FROM MEXICO
32 By Miquel Adrià

DESIGN REVIEW
34 Baseball field, Newbern, Alabama, USA RURAL STUDIO

COMMENT
38 Metals revolutionize architecture

THEME
40 Cultural centre, Helsinki, Finland
HEIKKINEN-KOMONEN ARCHITECTS
46 Art museum, Castellon, Spain
MANSILLA + TUNON
52 Art museum, Las Vegas, USA
OMA
56 Offices, Hamburg, Germany
BOTHE RICHTER TEHERANI
60 Restaurant, Los Angeles, USA RICHARD LUNDQUIST
64 Mediatheque, Vaise, France
JEAN-LOUIS GODIVIER
68 Office block, Saarbrücken, Germany KRAMM & STRIGL
70 Aluminium centre, Houten, the Netherlands MICHA DE HAAS
74 Harbour control tower, Lisbon, Portugal GONCALO BYRNE

INTERIOR DESIGN
76 Concert hall, Potsdam, Germany
RUDY RICCIOTTI
80 Offices, Battersea Bridge, London
USHIDA FINDLAY ARCHITECTS

HOUSE
82 House, Kiourka, Greece
PANTELIS NICOLACOPOULOS

ROYAL ACADEMY FORUM
86 The city as sculpture: from skyline to plinth. With speakers Phyllida Barlow and Antony Gormley

MATERIALS
94 Innovative metal applications in building today

PRODUCT REVIEW
97 Light + Building show, Frankfurt, Germany

BOOKS
103 Hamzah & Yeang; eco-design handbook; classical architecture; central European avant-gardes

DELIGHT
106 Towering timber folly, Archangel, Russia

COVER
46 Art museum, Castellon, Spain
MANSILLA + TUNON Photograph by Luis Asin