DE LA WARR PAVILION REOPENS

Located in the British town of Bexhill-on-Sea, the De La Warr Pavilion is a modernist icon built in 1935 by Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff. After enduring nearly seven decades of neglect and damage, this striking example of International modernism has been restored and sympathetically redeveloped by London architects John McAslan +Partners. Next week writer and designer Terri Whitehead will show how the pavilion has come back to life as a center for the arts. (Photo by Bridget Smith)

UNCONVENTIONAL MILAN TRADE FAIR

"When you build one million square meters, you really don't know if what you envisioned will be good or bad," says Massimiliano Fuksas, the Rome-based architect for the New Milan Trade Fair. The convention complex, which opened in April 2006, has a mile-long canopy that wows visitors with its whimsical flair, transforming a glass and steel structure into a fabric that billows and then touches down like tornados to the floor. In our next issue, writer Debra Moffitt will explain why the Italian press is describing this as Italy's new pilgrimage site.  (edited 2006.1119)

GIVING THANKS

ArchitectureWeek will be on break next week, observing an annual celebration of Thanksgiving. All of us at ArchitectureWeek wish well for you and your family and friends during the holiday. ArchitectureWeek No. 313, including the articles previewed here, is scheduled for release on November 29.