Memar 02

Architecture Theory, International Works, and Building Industry

The second issue of Memar Magazine, published in Autumn 1998. Features a wide spectrum of architectural discourse: the editorial on confession, Kamran Afshar Naderi's essays on architectural space and windows, a profile of Bahrouz Ahmadi's works, an interview with Paul Andreu, a translated chapter on architectural theory by Hanno Walter Kruft, a special dossier on the crisis of the engineering profession in Iran with contributions from nine experts, international selections including Toyo Ito's Nagaoka Lyric Hall and Odate Dome, Renzo Piano's Ushibuka Bridge, Norman Foster's Commerzbank skyscraper, Bernard Tschumi's Le Fresnoy, Renzo Piano's Pritzker Prize announcement, Morteza Boroumand on interior space and furniture design, the Refah Bank building by Safamanesh and Samimi, standards for doors and windows in Iran, and the Azadi Cinema Complex competition.