Selected Architecture: Public Buildings, Private Residences

Architects, students, and aficionados of current culture will value this book's in-depth, inside information on many of the most critically acclaimed structures of our decade. The book's seventeen projects are nicely varied to encompass government and office buildings, an apartment complex, a beach house, a golf club, college faculty housing, and other categories. World-famous structures include Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, shown in a series of spreads that give readers all-inclusive views of its sprawling design; Dominique Perrault's magnificent French National Library; Herman Hertzberger's extraordinary Central Beheer office building, recently enlarged; and two significant bridges in Reykjavik designed by Studio Granda. Detailed cross-sectional drawings and axonometric plans are provided throughout.