“Buffed for its birthday, the building looks better than ever. Its bulging fronds — metallic flowers in bud — remain irresistible. The shingled titanium surface blushes as it refracts the setting sun off the Nervion River. Inside the great atrium, curving white walls and shards of glass zoom thrillingly skyward. Along the looping pathways, shifting planes of stone and glass kaleidoscopically dapple light and shadow. I wondered how many artists have asked themselves, ‘Can my work stand up to this’?”