Argghhh, architects! Can I speak bluntly in private among museum people? Architects are a menace. They need to be controlled if they are to produce buildings that are useful as well as beautiful. But it is specially hard to control architects because they often get into museum projects before museum people do - our first correspondent is fortunate if she is in on the beginnings of a project. But in my experience, even dealing with architects before the old building is demolished, they can get away and off into extravagant showcase-land mighty quick. Architects are deliberately trained to be creative monsters, to front the chutzpah of the creator, to force creativity upon (often unwilling) clients. Rational, informed, sane museum people with long professional experience can be driven round the bend by their wimsey, and worse, their grandiosity. I regret I have no solution - just the warning: caveat architect! Good luck! Linda Young Cultural Heritage Management [log in to unmask]