Architecture Now! 4

«Architecture Now 3» была признана лучшей книгой по архитектуре и дизайну 2004 года. «Architecture Now 4» продолжает традицию и включает новые имена и уникальные проекты более 70 лучших архитекторов всего мира. Среди множества проектов: “Nomadic Museum” Шигеру Бан; New Museums Франка О. Генри; BMW Central Building в Лейпциге Заха Хадид; Wedding Chapel в Японии и многое другое. Работы сопровождаются кратким техническим описанием, представлены биографии архитекторов и дизайнеров. Architecture Now! Volume 3 was the winner of the prestigious Saint-Etienne Prize for the Best Architecture and Design Book of 2004.

Volume 4 proves that the best keeps getting better, with new names from all over the world and the most exciting and unique buildings and designs. As always, easy-to-navigate illustrated A-Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and website addresses. Here are just a few of the projects that are featured in the new book: • A shelter for the needy made out of sandbags • Nomadic Museum made by Shigeru Ban out of shipping containers • A tree house in Germany • New Museums that have been built by Gehry, Mansilla and Tuñón, Richard Meier or Herzog & de Meuron • The BMW Central Building in Leipzig by Zaha Hadid • Klein Dytham's amazing Wedding Chapel in Japan • Design hotels in Berlin, São Paulo, and Cerro Paranal, Chile • The new masterpiece by Rem Koolhaas/OMA - the Central Library in Seattle • Private houses in Mexico City, São Paulo, Corsica, and Great Mackerel Beach, Australia • Mix Las Vegas by Patrick Jouin • A tower that will grow like a tree in New York • With-it architects like David Adjaye, Caramel, Graftlab, Jakob +MacFarlane, Asymptote or Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis • Artists who take on architectural space like Anselm Kiefer, Frank Stella and Bill Viola, or architects who are interested in art, like Peter Eisenman.