The pavilion is the architectural form of the moment, enabling emerging architects to make their mark. Often ephemeral and orientated to a specific function, they are less expensive than their more permanent architectural cousins, which allows for more experimentation or inventiveness than in larger structures.Tents, bandstands, displays, places for sitting, listening, seeing, and being seen, pavilions have myriad forms and as many functions. For architects and designers, they offer unique opportunities to experiment with form, construction, material, structure, surface, and texture, often as prototypes for larger buildings or as purely artistic pursuits. A pavilion’s particular location also offers rich possibilities for interaction with the landscapes, streetscapes, and peoplescapes around it. Pavilions can be temples to digital interaction or provide oases of calm and isolation.The New Pavilions features a selection of the best examples produced in recent years, more than eighty projects, chosen by Philip Jodidio, one of the most widely knowledgeable writers on global architecture. From the cutting-edge forms of Sou Fujimoto to Zaha Hadid’s Chanel pavilion, from small structures created entirely out of farm waste to a mirrored carapace conceived by Olafur Eliasson, each pavilion provides a lesson in the extreme possibilities of built form and demonstrates that many of the biggest ideas in architecture start small.

A must-have design source, with cutting-edge ideas from the world’s best designers and architects.

Contemporary Interiors showcases a wide range of twenty-first-century residences by world-renowned architects and designers. Filled with more than 300 color illustrations, specialist Philip Jodidio compiles from around the globe fifty of the most innovative homes designed and built within the last five years. 

Whether urban or rural, large or small, the book has projects that are international in scope: a summer home in Montauk by Roman & Williams, Houssein Jarouche’s apartment in Brazil by Triptyque; a David Adjaye house in West London; a Luxembourg “ecogreen” house by Richard Meier; a Studio Mumbai Palmyra house in India; a Shigeru Ban–designed villa in Sri Lanka; a Tadao Ando house in Monterrey; Sean Godsell’s Edward Street House in Melbourne, Australia.

The book has hundreds of design ideas from minimialist white to cozy color that can be applied to each room of the house. Sou Fujimoto experiments with a house that is entirely open, without clearly defined floors; Werner Sobek’s B10 House is designed to be dismantled in one day and rebuilt in the same time frame; Eduardo Arroyo’s house in Spain has iridescent polycarbonate walls that change colors with the light; the Leaf House by Mareines + Patalano architects has a curving swimming pool that enters the house and passes below the dining room where it becomes a pond with aquatic plants and fish; Steven Holl’s gallery and house in Seoul has his signature door that wraps into a corner, notched walls, and neo-constructivist lighting fixtures.

A generously illustrated monograph on the acclaimed French architect and engineer Marc Mimram whose original work is influenced by both disciplines. Since his debut as an architect and engineer with a footbridge over a highway in Toulouse, France, Marc Mimram has completed a large number of civil engineering structures and architectural projects in France and around the world. This book highlights Mimram's distinctive penchant for connecting
architecture with the natural world, as well as his profound
understanding of the relationship between design and
structure. Looking at key themes in Mimram's work over three
decades, this volume examines works such as the School of
Architecture in Strasbourg and the award-winning Hassan II
Bridge in Morocco to show how the architect's elegant and
economical designs evolve from an appreciation of the natural
or urban landscape of each project.

Mentre alcuni architetti hanno uno stile ben definito, Renzo Piano cerca di applicare idee coerenti a una straordinaria varietà di progetti. I suoi edifici sorprendono tanto per l'unicità dell'espressione quanto per la diversità di dimensioni, materiali e forme. Renzo Piano sale alla ribalta internazionale collaborando alla progettazione del Centro Pompidou a Parigi, definito dal New York Times come un edificio 'che ha rovesciato il mondo dell'architettura'. Da allora, ha continuato a creare spazi dall'alto profilo culturale, come l'ala moderna dell'Art Institute of Chicago, la ristrutturazione e l'ampliamento della Morgan Library di New York e, più di recente, il Whitney Museum of American Art, nel Meatpacking District di Manhattan, una struttura asimmetrica di nove piani con gallerie interne e all'aperto. A New York la torre dell'edificio del New York Times ha trasformato lo skyline della città, così come ha fatto The Shard di Londra, il più alto edificio dell'Unione Europea. Da Osaka a Berna, questa introduzione essenziale vi condurrà attraverso città, villaggi e isole, per esplorare il sorprendente repertorio architettonico di Renzo Piano. Dal Centro Pompidou, con la sua struttura 'a rovescio', dove il dentro e il fuori sembrano scambiarsi i ruoli, fino alle ariose 'capanne' del Centro culturale Jean-Marie Tjibaou a Nouméa, nella Nuova Caledonia, intraprenderete un entusiasmante viaggio attraverso la bellezza dell'architettura.

This beautifully illustrated book takes the reader on a journey through a number of outstanding contemporary houses designed and built across the richly varied and extraordinary European landscape.

Philip Jodidio presents his expertise and knowledge on the most profound influences of contemporary residential architecture in this region. This book pairs images of unique architecture and interior design and a comprehensive analysis of each project, set within full-color photographic portraits that all together reflect the strength of drive and progressive thinking that inspired these designs.

Though progressive, the architect s designs draw heavily on the local vernacular of the buildings of this region. Ordering principles borrow from the building's context and often relate metaphorically to the surrounding natural landscape, connecting the building to its site in a meaningful way.

Sustainability and green energy efficiency features are also crucial components in the house design objectives and are seamlessly integrated with the architecture and these influences are clearly illustrated in this impressive volume.

This is the first monograph on the award winning Istanbul-based architecture and design firm Zoom TPU. Covering two decades of work in the field of architecture and interior design, this volume features approximately 45 projects completed between 1994 and 2014. Ranging from hospitals to private houses, retail spaces to corporate offices, Zoom's projects are renowned for their elegant, sophisticated designs that combine the latest technology with an inviting ambience. Their projects include a residence in Antalya, Turkey, nominated for the 2001 Aga Khan Award for Architecture; the auditorium of the ambitious SALT Galata project in Istanbul; and their LIV Ulus Hospital, also in Istanbul, a finalist in the 2011 World Architecture Festival Awards.

This beautifully illustrated book explores the historic cities, buildings, and gardens that flourished during the Mughals' three-century rule, highlighting valuable conservation and restoration projects in Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. From 1526-1857, the Mughal Empire presided over an extended period of peace, prosperity, and unprecedented artistic achievement in the Indian subcontinent. For more than a decade, the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme has been working to preserve and restore historically significant sites to their original splendor. This book takes a close look at a wide variety of such projects, such as Bagh-e-Babur in Kabul; Humayun's tomb and garden in Delhi; and the walled city of Lahore; and places them in the wider context of the Empire's social, aesthetic, and ethical mores. In addition, it includes contemporary projects being developed around the world that reflect aspects of Mughal and Islamic heritage. Filled with stunning new photography by Christian Richters, this book offers a detailed study of the myriad achievements of the Mughal world and their lasting effects throughout the globe. This book also includes texts written by leading specialists on the subject as well as those who were actually in charge of the restoration projects.

Although Japanese architects have to contend with very particular constraints, from tiny plots in crowded urban contexts to ever-present seismic threats, their innovative solutions to the creation of space and stable structures, combined with their close attention to materials, technology and natural light, have resulted in homes that are internationally admired.

This overview of fifty recently built Japanese houses includes projects by three Pritzker Prize-winners— Tadao Ando, Shigeru Ban and Kazuyo Sejima—as well as by lesser-known emerging architects. Each house is clearly illustrated with colour photographs and plans, and is lucidly described by Philip Jodidio, who has travelled extensively around Japan and is deeply familiar with these projects and their creators. His book is a powerful demonstration of Japan’s enduring commitment to design innovation.

The contemporary architecture of Qatar includes some of the world’s most innovative commissions built in the past twenty years. This is the most comprehensive publication on the stunning new architecture of Qatar, highlighting more than fifty projects. A small, oil- and gas-rich Gulf country, Qatar has undergone a major transformation since the early 1980s. Fifty years ago, Doha, the capital of Qatar, was a small town built on Gulf commerce, fishing, and pearl diving. That began to change with the rise of the oil economy and the urban growth that resulted. The process accelerated during the global economic boom, creating an entirely new skyline in the West Bay area of Doha, and has continued apace since. Qatar’s landscape is dotted with structures designed by some of the most famous architects in the world, from the Doha Tower by Jean Nouvel, to the Museum of Islamic Art by I. M. Pei and Weill Cornell Medical College by Arata Isozaki. Situated in Education City, just outside of Doha, are buildings for American universities such as Carnegie Mellon University, designed by Ricardo Legorreta, a world-class hospital by Cesar Pelli, buildings by Rem Koolhaas such as the Qatar National Library, and the Al Shaqab Equestrian Academy—a riding venue located in the heart of Education City. The Emir of Qatar, his wife, Sheikha Moza, and his daughter, Sheika Al Mayassa, plan to make Qatar the cultural heart of the new Middle East with an architectural heritage to match.

Questo libro raccoglie le opere di nuova costruzione più notevoli da tutto il mondo in una panoramica completa delle ultime tendenze nella pratica architettonica. Dalla scintillante Louis Vuitton Foundation di Frank O. Gehry a Parigi al sinuoso Centro culturale Heydar Aliyev di Zaha Hadid a Baku, oltre 70 progetti internazionali sono organizzati in cinque sezioni: residenziale, commerciale e pubblico, educazione, ricerca, cultura e tempo libero. Attraverso queste categorie di base, il processo di selezione celebra l'eclettismo e la forza innovativa dell'architettura contemporanea, presentando non solo il lavoro delle 'archistar' ma anche di talenti emergenti come Tatiana Bilbao (Messico), Sou Fujimoto (Giappone) o la giovane coppia cilena Pezo von Ellrichshausen.

A comprehensive look at the newly built Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport designed by Fuksas Architects, with its pioneering, ecofriendly, and socially sound design. This is the first book to document the highly innovative Terminal 3 at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in China, scheduled for completion in 2013. Shenzhen is one of China's most important industrial locations as well as a very popular tourist destination in China. In 2008, the Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas (M Fuksas) won the international competition for the extension of the airport with the design of Terminal 3. This book contains never-before-seen sketches, models, renderings, drawings, and all-new photography of the building as well as an interview with the architect. The terminal, which resembles an airplane from above, has been designed specifically to take into account environmental and socioeconomic factors. It is the first airport terminal certified to the National Green Building Star Label in China.

The most complete and comprehensive collection of residential projects from the world’s most internationally recognized and renowned architect. Though prolific in civic and commercial work, Tadao Ando first gained recognition for his residential projects, which were constructed solidly of concrete but ingeniously imbued with light and air. This exhaustive study is a complete catalog of all his residential work to date, including two new homes just finished in 2013. This volume features unseen and unpublished works presented through lavish and striking color photographs as well as detailed architectural drawings and plans of over thirty years of Ando’s residential work, from the Sumiyoshi Row House in 1975 to the current houses for global design connoisseurs and art collectors.

The complete volume on the buildings and urban projects by Istanbul-based firm Emre Arolat Architects (EAA), the Turkish firm that won the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Emre Arolat Architects is a compilation of extraordinary and innovative projects by this award-winning architecture firm, founded in 2004 by Emre Arolat and Gonca Paolar. The scope of EAA’s projects is all-encompassing, from luxury hotels to factories. EAA’s roots are in modernism’s honesty of structure, expression, and materials, yet they are undeniably influenced by Turkish vernacular. The book highlights thirty-four projects across Turkey, including the Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art, Antakya Museum Hotel, Cukurova Regional Airport, Yalikavak Palmarina, Sancaklar Mosque, and Le Meridien Istanbul Etiler.

An important and stimulating architecture book on the momentous urban and town planning project in the city center of Istanbul. The Zorlu Center, a dynamic and impressive gateway being built in Istanbul, will redefine the experience of contemporary downtown urban living. The mixed-use project, with wide public spaces and grand-scale buildings, including a 3,050-person–capacity Performance Arts Center, is the center of a twenty-first-century modern city without compromising the outstanding universal values of Istanbul.A Vision in Architecture recognizes all of the thirteen finalists for the Zorlu Center Architecture and Urban Design competition, highlighting their contributions. The competition brought in 117 firms, including Arquitectonica from Miami, Mario Botta from Switzerland, Coop Himmelb(l)au from Austria, and Vittorio Gregotti from Italy. The winners, Tabanlioglu Project and EAA Joint Venture Group, are developing the project. Süha Özkan’s text focuses on the architectural competition, the Zorlu Center, the competitors, and their projects.

Questo nuovo volume della collana Architecture now! presenta 60 tra le abitazioni più spettacolari di tutto il mondo. Il lettore potrà ammirare la straordinaria House Turtle progettata dagli artisti Carsten Höller e Marcel Odenbach a Biriwa, in Ghana, visitare l'impressionante Casa a Monterrey di Tadao Ando, in Messico, o la Flight of Birds House di Bernardo Rodrigues, nelle isole Azzore. Questo volume permetterà al lettore di esplorare le più belle case del mondo opera degli architetti più talentuosi e rinomati del momento, in un'esclusiva visita privata sia all'interno che all'esterno. Come tutti gli altri volumi della collana, i progetti sono corredati da fotografie e disegni, e dalle informazioni di contatto degli architetti, oltre a una lista delle loro opere già realizzate.