Out of the whole year, Sudjic points to Stamp's "Greek" Thomson show as being one of the highlights, and seems tickled pink that the Clydesdale Bank is producing a 1999 banknote with Thomson on it - only the second British architect appear on folding money, the first being Wren. Out of the various other shows he recommends, one is curated by him - the one called "Home", which deals with the modern house. It occurs to me that Deyan never had the time to do one thing he said he wanted to do in Glasgow - build himself a house there. Perhaps he's got money down on one of the apartments on Glasgow Green.

Of that housing project - which seems the aspect of the Year he is proudest at achieving - he remarks: "It's turned out better than I hoped. When we started, I didn't know how we were going to do it. We spent six months looking for the right site, and almost went to the Gorbals, but that wouldn't have worked as well as this one has. We have to plant a seed for something that will last." Going to Milton Keynes to see what he describes as "freak shows of one-off houses" persuaded him that a more homogeneous, high-density approach was the best way for Glasgow.

Sudjic's manner is periodically described - with some justification in the past - as being aloof, elitist. Glasgow seems to have brought out the entrepreneur in him. He gets almost excited about the populist elements of his agenda - plastering giant Mao-style posters of Glasgow's architects across their buildings, and creating bars with a Wright or a Mies theme. Or holding a Beaux-Arts costumed ball in which actors dress up as buildings. Or getting "a Brazilian footballer" to open the "Winning" show. And starting the Architecture Foundation's "New Architecture" tour on a platform at Central Station. Not a single marketing or advertising cliche passes his lips, but he's learned the trade, for sure.

"So how do YOU think I'm doing?" he asks at one point in what looks like a moment of vulnerability. Well, the Year has yet to happen. On the basis of what I've seen and heard so far, it seems highly likely that Mr. Sudjic will emerge from all this with considerable distinction. He certainly thinks so. But covered in glory? We'll all have a view on that by the time the Dome's opening signals 1999's close. Lunch is over and we step out into what remains of Glasgow's winter daylight. The rain has, temporarily, stopped.