A history lesson is on the agenda as we meet with former businessman Wang Wei, who promotes a new way of dealing with China’s architectural heritage. Meanwhile, Los Angeles planning consultant Marcy Goodwin builds bridges between museum clients and their architects. The skyline of Toronto suburb Mississauga is livened with two towering – albeit natural – skyscrapers of Ma Yansong. In Biarritz, the Cité de l’Océan et du Surf is Steven Holl Architects’ vision of how best to view the horizon. Finally, prepare yourself for a cosmic spectacle at Iceland’s new Harpa concert hall, where Henning Larsen and Olafur Eliasson merged forces.

18.05.2008

On 18 May, at the European Design Week in Stockholm, among the honours presented for excellent design was a first prize in the magazine category for MARK, the international architecture magazine. The main objectives of the ED Project are to celebrate European design, to facilitate interaction among European designers, and to promote and raise standards for communication design throughout Europe. Prizes were awarded in 27 categories.

The jury report reads as follows:

‘MARK is a bimonthly, 200-page magazine which focuses on architecture and the exploration of architectural boundaries. MARK's ever-changing design expresses contemporary architecture's fluid, rapidly changing nature, and also its obsession with form, “skin” and texture. It does so through graphic experimentation, bold use of photography and an original approach to typography: each issue displays a custom-made typeface, based on one of the three typefaces – Futura, Goudy and Gridnik – used throughout the magazine. Its simple but sophisticated layout manages to explore clearly identifiable themes, while respecting photography and the projects it showcases. A truly 21st century magazine.’