By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF

Published: January 16, 2006

JERUSALEM - Few things are more deadly to the career of a budding architect than the lure of the celebrity spotlight. So it shouldn't be surprising that some of today's most promising young talents are flowering in places like Beirut, Helsinki, Porto and San Diego - cities at a slight remove from the architectural mainstream where architects can find the space and quiet to hone their craft.

Senan Abdelqader, an Arab Israeli, is one of those talents. He grew up in Taibeh, an Arab village in northern Israel, and has spent much of his career in academia, studying in Germany before returning to Jerusalem to teach at the innovative Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.

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