whoa! I love the copper skin!! Herzog and de Meuron are all about letting buildings age (K's friend worked for them in Basel, so at some point she showed us a bunch of their local stuff. Not sure I totally agree with the philosophy. But they do have great textures -- went to the Funf Hofe in Munich all the time -- it is gorgeous.) What do you call the style -- swiss-mayan brutalist modern? :) just joking -- I don't get any real arch. history classes so wouldn't know myself. The place looks friggen HUGE. WalMart style huge.