(*****) "London Evening Standard :

"buildings of the millennium" (-- Rowan's List)

1. St Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield 1123
2. Henry VII chapel, Westminster Abbey 1503-12
3. Globe Theatre, built in 1599, and rebuilt in 1614 and 1997
4. Christ Church, Spitalfields 1729 -- Nicholas Hawksmoor
5. Sir John Soane Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields 1812-34 -- Sir John Soane
6. Houses of Parliament 1835-60
7. Hackney Empire 1901
8. South Bank Centre1964 -- Dennys Lasdun
9. Lloyd's Building 1986 -- Richard Rogers
10. the Wheel --

"near misses"

1. St Pancras Station --
2. the ensemble of Greenwich
3. the Tower of London
4. MI6 building
5. the Shell Centre, the South Bank

(*****) m o r e

• Times Magazine : -- "The Best (And Worst) of 1999"
• "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. Mr Discretion
   -- Rick Mather, 62, architect
   "Architecture's Mr Discretion, Mather's range of colours commonly runs from white to grey. The architect of choice for Lottery-funded revamps of major cultural institutions ..." (esm_99.12.21)
   • National Maritime Museum
   • Wallace Collection and Dulwich Picture Gallery
   • South Bank Arts Complex Masterplan

2. ultramarine
   -- Will Alsop, 52, architect
   "the London architect people turn to when they want something more opulent and surprising than ubiquitous, grey hi-tech" (esm_99.12.21)
   • North Greenwich Station
   • Peckham Library
   • Office block off Blackfriars Bridge Road,
     apparently undergoing seismic shocks, and decorated with images of clouds.

3. more "London's Power People"

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

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