(*****) "Times Magazine : "The Best (And Worst) of 1999" (-- Anthony's List)

"The Best Design of 1999"

1. The Reichstag, Berlin, Germany -- Sir Norman Foster
2. The Emperor and The Assassin -- director Chen Kaige; production designer Tu Juhua
3. Garden Pavilion, Weil Am Rhein, Germany -- Zaha Hadid
4. Palais De Justice, Bordeaux, France -- Sir Richard Rogers
5. iBook
6. Radio City Music Hall, New York City -- Hugh Hardy
7. Il Cavallo Poor -- Leonardo da Vinci
8. Alfred Lerner Hall, New York City -- Bernard Tschumi
9. Commes Des Garçons 2 -- Rei Kawakubo, Marc Atlan
10. Ekco Clip'n Stay -- Ancona 2

"The Worst Design of 1999"

1. Air Flightposite -- Nike

(*****) m o r e

• "Royal Institute of British Architects -- Stirling Prize 1999"
• "The Los Angeles Times -- Outlook for '99"
• "The New York Times -- Year In Review (Herbert's List)"
• "The Los Angeles Times -- Year In Review (Nicolai's List)"
• "Montreal's 17th Annual Orange and Lemon Prizes"
• "Significant Properties '98"
• "Critic's Choice -- The New Season / Architecture"
• "(Millennium) Five Most Significant Buildings"
• -- etc etc

Most etc.

[influence etc.]

1. friends in high places
   -- Nigel Coates, 50, architect
   "Enfant terrible on the edge of turning into grand old man. Once a provocative tutor at the Architectural Association, where his students were failed by members of the old guard for not producing 'proper' architecture. His fantastic designs were called unbuildable, until some entrepreneurs in Japan went ahead and built them." (esm_99.12.21)
   • Dome's Body Zone
   • powerhouse:uk, the silver domes erected temporarily in Horse Guards Parade last year, the defining monuments of Cool Britannia

2. eternal provocateur
   -- F Ron Arad, 48, designer
   "There's an idiom that goes, 'those who can't do, teach'. Ron Arad, then, is the exception." (esm_99.12.21)
   • Memo beanbag with Inflate

3. more "London's Power People"

the ill reputes . . .
"do not do  competitions"

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