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Person - One Foot Taller Will White and Katarina Barac's design company, One Foot Taller, exemplified the kind of young Scottish design Glasgow 1999: UK City of Architecture and Design set out to encourage. Their chasm and ravine chairs were technically innovative and were given the Peugeot Design award.

Event - Glasgow 1999: UK City of Architecture and Design project It lasted a year and had its undoubted successes and a number of "snags", but Glasgow 1999: UK City of Architecture and Design was almost inescapable. Architect, Alexander "Greek" Thomson's rehabilitation in a ground-breaking exhibition was swiftly followed by proposals to improve the circumstances of his Caledonia Road church. Perhaps the acid test will be whether or not there's been any transformation of the local economy and environment.

Away from the glitz of The Lighthouse, the Five Spaces project - which aimed to benefit local communities - and the In Partnership scheme made more impact than any overpriced lemon squeezer could hope to.

Talking Point - big buildings Worldwide a number of seminal projects came to fruition, testing the ability of architects to embody ideas and history. Daniel Liebeskind's Jewish Museum and Norman Foster's Reichstag, both in Berlin, were perhaps the two most important examples. In Scotland, the opening of parliament revived debate on the merits of Enric Miralles' design for Holyrood. It's the most significant building project in the country for 300 years, but the jury is still out.

Low Point - the Millennium Dome

THE Dome continued to be a source of mockery. When you raise a glass at midnight, give thanks you're not there.

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