Architecture Now! 6 - Softcover

Jodidio, Philip

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ISBN 10: 3836501937 ISBN 13: 9783836501934

Publisher: Taschen America Llc, 2009

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Features 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). This book contains easy-to-navigate illustrated A-Z entries that include projects, biographies, contact information, and web sites.

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Synopsis:

This book features liquid modernity. 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.

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.

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