Playing soldiers

By Kieran Long Kieran Long 2002-09-17T00:00:00

Source: Chris Gascoigne/VIEW

As far as arts clients are concerned, Daniel Libeskind is the new Frank Gehry. But does his fractal, shimmering Imperial War Museum North say anything meaningful about conflict, or the English city in which it stands?

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