THAT SINKING FEELING

When the Renzo Piano-designed Osaka airport – based on the wings of a glider – opened in 1994, it was hailed as a marvel of architectural and technological achievement. “Due to the extreme constrictions of space in Japan, the airport was built on a 1.7 kilometre long, man-made island of mud, rock and sand which has since descended eleven metres into Osaka Bay.” What to do? – The Art Newspaper