COLORFUL KINDERGARTEN IN AN ANCIENT ROMAN TOWN

In Caesarea, an Israeli town located on the Mediterranean coast, a new kindergarten has just been built near ancient Roman structures. Perhaps like the amphitheater of Herod, this building was designed to delight. Its bright colors and animal shapes are sparking children's imaginations. Next week ArchitectureWeek contributing editor Lili Eylon will introduce us to the elephants and bears.

BUCKMINSTER FULLER RETURNS TO THE STAGE

"The 4D Tower House grew from my thinking of housing as shelters that could be mass-produced — and delivered anyplace as a finished dwelling. Designed to be carried by the Graf Zeppelin, it's perfectly flyable to the North Pole." These and other words of the late visionary R. Buckminster Fuller are being recreated in a one-man show written by D.W. Jacobs. Next week we'll hear a bit more of "The History (and Mystery) of the Universe," now showing in San Francisco.

INTELLIGENT SKINS THAT BREATHE

In recent years, architects have begun to view the skins of buildings like the skins of living organisms: properly designed, they breathe, change form, and adapt to variations in climate. A building that demonstrates this principle in many ways is the GSW Headquarters in Berlin, designed by Sauerbruch & Hutton Architect, with engineering by Arup. Next week we'll examine a few of these principles of "intelligent skins."