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With that naff 'archi' in the title, Archiweb, you sort of expect enthusiasm but not necessarily sophistication in the site itself. Mind you the plain prefix 'arch' makes you think of Noel Coward, and 'arch' of ye olde teashoppe. All three are sadly prevalent in the world of architectural web names. You just have to accept that the RIBA sweeps the board with its title, www.architecture.com. Even if it did cost [pounds sterling]150K. But back to Architweb or, as the site so fashionably prefers, archiweb. Here is a blog from the Czech Republic. It has a common blog layout: a wide middle column flanked by a sort of navigation column down the left and a pair of narrow columns, one for sponsors, one for ads, down the right. You are given the choice of English or Cesky although given the cost and tedium of translating everything, you are not surprised when quite a lot of stuff, especially news and visitors' comments, remains firmly in Czech. Should you want deranged and spinning eyeballs you could always use the infamous instant Web translator. Curious to know how the locals viewed those two great expats, London superstars, Eva Jiricna and Jan Kaplicky, each of whom is working in their home country, I dug around on the site and found this enigmatic quote from a recent interview with Kaplicky. He says 'Myslim. ze nejvetsi urazka je, kdyz nekdo rekne, ze ta architektura neni "sexy". A quick translation runs: 'I think the biggest offence is when someone says what architecture is not sexy.' And who could disagree with that?