The challenge of normality
Modernity the English way
Lewerentz, buildings in a landscape
Destroying the museum to save it
Austria’s next generation
Exhibitions, events, fairs
Prada, guide to shopping
Rem Koolhaas’s long-heralded store in the downtown Guggenheim in New York finally opens. Texts by Rowan Moore and Deyan Sudjic
Utopia in the real
Utopia in the real world Adolfo Natalini’s work in Siena appears to have little in common with his radical past. Rita Capezzuto reports
The lost city of steel
What is to be done with the vast, abandoned industrial landscape outsideMilan? Report by Cecilia Bolognesi
Two houses in Japan
Waro Kishi values clarity ahead of architectural novelty
The least-known modern master
Jean Prouvé’s remarkable legacy as a designer returns with a new Vitra re-edition of his furniture. Text by Francesca Picchi
The magic lantern
The new Egea bookshop in Milan reveals the dual talent of Mauro Galatino as an architect and designer. Stefano Casciani reports
The computer according to Sapper
Richard Sapper searches for ways to give IBM's hardware a distinctive identity
Bathroom
Maria Cristina Tommasini selects the essential new products
Editorial by Deyan Sudjic