- The only resource of its kind, The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture presents, - in one volume, over 1,000 of the most outstanding works of architecture from all over the world built since 1998 - Places the work of internationally acclaimed architects alongside that of the next generation of emerging architectural stars and there currently unknown outside their own country - Includes every building type from the smallest single houses, chapels and wineries to the largest art galleries, airports, law courts and embassies - Each project has been nominated by a panel consisting of 150 leading names in the international field of architecture - A truly unparalleled resource that presents easily accessible world data on the number and location of practising architects, architecture schools and architecture students
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'An extraordinarily thorough "best of" exercise...What makes it different...is its ambitions and its details...This is the biggest of big picture books. It is packed with interesting stuff. I could rifle through it for days.'
