Product Description

This sixth installment of Architecture Now!, featuring buildings ranging in size from Terunobu Fujimori s tiny (6.07 square meters) Teahouse Tetsu to Norman Foster s gigantic Crystal Island project in Moscow (1.1 million square meters), provides an overview of what is happening right now in architecture, be it of traditional inspiration, or at the very edge of current thinking. What is the spirit of this moment, and how does architecture reflect the creativity as the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close? Architecture Now! 6 is THE reference for what is happening and what is to come. Easy-to-navigate illustrated A Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and web sites.

Featured architects/firms/artists:
3deluxe, 3LHD, Adjaye Associates, Ai Wei Wei, Tadao Ando, Alejandro Aravena, ARGE Grazioli Krischanitz, Shigeru Ban, Barkow Leibinger, Bernardes + Jacobsen, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Olafur Eliasson, EMERGENT, Engel und Zimmermann, FAM Arquitectura, Foster and Partners, Terunobu Fujimori, Massimiliano Fuksas, Antón García-Abril Ruiz, Dionisio González, Zaha Hadid, Heatherwick Studio, Herzog & de Meuron, Steven Holl, Holzer Kobler, Junya Ishigami, Toyo Ito, Jakob+MacFarlane, Jensen & Skodvin, Carlos Jimenez, Kengo Kuma, Lassila Hirvilammi, Legorreta + Legoretta, Daniel Libeskind, LIN Finn Geipel Giulia Andi, MIII architects, MADA s.p.a.m., Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Corinna Menn, Merkx+Girod, José Rafael Moneo, Morphosis, MvRdV, Manfredi Nicoletti, Valerio Olgiati, Studio Pei-Zhu, Renzo Piano, PTW Architects, Quinze & Milan Designers, RCR Arquitectes, Rojkind Arquitectos, Marc Rolinet, Hans-Jörg Ruch, Sejima + Nishizawa/SANAA, Thomas Schütte, Scope Cleaver, Álvaro Siza Vieira, Snøhetta, Tonkin Liu, Bernard Tschumi, UNStudio, URBANUS, Pekka Vapaavuori, Various Architects, Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch, Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Riken Yamamoto, Peter Zumthor

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #109715 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-01
• Original language: English, French, German
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Vinyl Bound
• 576 pages

About the Author
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard University, and was editor-in-chief of the leading French art journal Connaissance des Arts for over two decades. He has published numerous articles and books on contemporary architecture, including TASCHEN's Architecture Now! series, Building a New Millennium, and monographs Tadao Ando, Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, Jean Nouvel, and Alvaro Siza.

Customer Reviews

Inspiring
As an architectural photographer I found this edition of Architecture now very inspiring. A great buy & well worth every cent! I can strongly recommend buying this edition.

Review
Good book with interesting projects and updated.If you bought the others of the collection you already know what you can expect.