Where does architecture stand at the threshold of a new millenium? Who will create the daring innovations in space, light and form that will define the way we will live in a world where trends and novelties spread almost instantaneously?
With more than eighty projects by over fifty internationally renowned architects, this volume presents the latest developments and styles in architecture at the turn of a new millenium as it is reflected in churches, fashion boutiques, movie theaters or media labs. Ranging from experimental housing to large international airports, universities and museums, projects by Norman Foster, Renzo Piano or Richard Meier are contrasted with structures like Shigeru ban` s “Wall-less-House”, Daniel Libeskind `s recently completed Jewish Museum, or the “Pharmacy” Restaurant by Damien Hirst and Mike Rundell. Together, these buildigs constitute a dynamic vision of the 21st century.