Architecture Now! 4 - By Philip Jodidio

Architecture has broken out of the box, literally and figuratively.

The very idea of space and how it is manipulated has evolved through the understanding provided by a number of artists whose expression necessarily involves the third dimension.
Modernism is not dead, it is just that there are so many possibilities offered to architects that even minimalist forms are emerging from different points of view.

Architecture Now Volume 4 represents a subjective overview of numerous building types and trends on an International basis.

Photo: ©“Booster” Bekkering & Adams Architects
Bekkering & Adams Architects
Booster Pump Station East (2003 - 2005)
Amaterdam east, The Netherlands.

Photo ©Fuksas Office
Massimiliano Fuksas
New Milan Trade Fair (2002 - 2005)
Pero-Rho, Milano, Italy

Photo ©Duccio Malagamba
Herzog & de Meuron
Walker Art Center (2003 - 2005)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Photo ©Timothy Hursley
Maya Lin
Riggio-Lynch Chapel (2004)
Clinton, Tennessee, USA

Photo ©Mansilla + Tuñón
Mansilla + Tuñón
MUSAC
Museum of Contemporary Art
León, Spain

Photo ©Stepan Bartos, fotostudio
John Pawson
Monastery of Novy Dvûr (2004)
Touzim, Czech Republic

Photo ©Tereza Siza
Siza/Souto de Moura
Serpentine gallery pavilion (2006)
London, UK

The Hotel Puerta América in Madrid, 12 floors and 342 rooms, brought together 19 international architects and designers. Jean Nouvel designed the facade.

Photo: Hisao Suzuki
Hotel Puerta América (2002 - 2005)
Madrid, Spain

The painter Anselm Kiefer settled in Barjac (Cévennes), France in 1992 and began to transform his 35-acre studio compound La Ribaute into an environment that might well be called a work of architecture.

Photo ©Anselm Kiefer
Anselm Kiefer
La Ribaute (1992 - )
Barjac, France

As always, easy-to-navigate illustrated A-Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and website addresses.

Architecture Now! 4
By Philip Jodidio
Publisher: Taschen

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March 10, 2006