| 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 |