February 2000.

The AR's February issue is devoted to urban issues, and provides a world-wide review of the latest best ideas in urbanism and urban building. Coverage ranges from the regeneration of the North Harbour, Helsingborg, a major reworking of the city by Danish and Swedish architects to Wu Liangyong's thoughtful reinterpretation of Beijing's traditional courtyard housing, so much of which has been thoughtlessly destroyed. Housing is an important element of the urban mix and other residential projects shown in the February issue include Michael Hopkins & Partners' student housing in Nottingham, England, and Gunther Behnishc's scheme for Ingolstadt, Germany. Major urban interventions range from Jan Soderlund's new newspaper offices which complete the jigsaw of a previously neglected part of central Helsinki to Alvaro Siza's gentle reconstruction of the Chiado district of Lisbon which was destroyed in a great fire. Cities have to have movement systems for life, and we look at types as different as Agnes Couvelas-Panagiotatou's pedestrian route at the Apollo Temple at Naxos, Greece and the architectural handling of the Melbourne City Freeway by Denton Corker Marshall.

In addition to the urban theme, we shall have our regular features, including reviews of architectural websites, books and international competitions, Interior and Product Design, View From, Design Review, Outrage and Delight.

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