Despite these international players, however, it was the vibrant local scene of architects that inspired this change in attitude leading to the improved public reception of modern architecture; for instance the ar+d highly commended scheme by Manzl-Ritsch-Sandner Architects for a station building at the 2001 world championship skiing venue of St Anton am Arlberg (AR December 2001), and their Zielstadion; and the town house by riccione architekten (Bortolotti, Cede and Ramoni).

Antonam Arlberg, Austria, Caroline was poised to move from second place to first place--to being recognized as the world's best women's skier.

The material lends a quality of rural art to the St Anton Railway Station at Arlberg by Manzl-Ritsch-Sandner Architects, highly commended in the 2001 ar+d award for emerging architects (AR December 2001) and to Dominique Perrault's Cycling Arena and Indoor Swimming Pool in Berlin.