on site 12: local architecture in a global world

Local architecture, on the ground, that refers to wider, global issues: Ivan Hernandez Quintela shows his Public Machines in Mexico City, le Theatre Petit Circle in Cheticamp, Nova Scotia, is explained; Florian Maurer shows his Ethos Open Hands in Craiova, Romania, and Dave Vera writes about Valparaiso, Chile. The Nicola Valley Institute of Technology had just opened in Merrit, BC: Marco Polo and John McMinn walk us through it. Graham Owen writes directly about architecture and globalisation. Twenty-one years later we are still discussing this one.