Synopses & Reviews
The future is now. Let it blow your mind.
The crème de la crème of today's most influential architects and architectural firms the definitive reference guide to contemporary architectural design.
Here you'll find familiar names, such as O. Gehry, Meier, Ando, Foster, and Starck, as well as a host of brilliant future stars. Highlights include Jakob & MacFarlane's morphological George Restaurant at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Diller & Scofidio's "Blur Building" proposal for the International Expo 2001 in Switzerland, and Herzog & De Meuron's remarkable Tate Modern.
Architecture Now! is arranged alphabetically by architect or firm, with biographical and contact information for designers and an extensive selection of photographs and illustrations.
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"Provides just the needed antidote for inquisitive architects and design aficionados, documenting more than 60 significant new projects. A first class world tour of the future high and mighty." One Magazine
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"A highly selective alphabetical guide to some of the leading lights of contemporary architecture.... The sheer number of illustrations makes it an appealing book for anyone interested in the cutting edge of architecture." Metropolis
About the Author
Philip Jodidio has written more than fifteen books on contemporary architecture, including monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Richard Meier and Alvaro Siza. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of Connaissance des Arts, the most widely distributed French art monthly, since 1980.