Architecture now t.4

Architecture Now Volume 3 was the winner of the prestigious Saint-Etienne Prize for the Best Architecture and Design Book of 2004. Volume 4 proves that the best keeps getting better, with new names from all over the world and the most exciting and unique buildings and designs. As always, easy-to-navigate illustrated A-Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and website addresses.Here are just a few of the projects that are featured in the new book:A shelter for the needy made out of sandbags"Nomadic Museum" made by Shigeru Ban out of shipping containersA tree house in GermanyExtraordinary museums that will never be built in Lausanne and GuadalajaraNew Museums that have been built by Gehry, Mansilla and Tuñón, or Richard MeierBMW Central Building in Leipzig by Zaha HadidAllianz Arena by Herzog & de MeuronWedding Chapel in JapanDesign hotels in Berlin and Saõ Paulo or Cerro Paranal, ChileLibrary in Seattle by Rem Koolhaas/OMAHouses in Mexico City, Saõ Paulo, Corsica, Hiroshima, or Great Mackerel Beach, AustraliaSpoon des Neiges by Patrick JouinA tower that will grow like a tree in New YorkWith-it architects like David Adjaye, Caramel, Graftlab, Jakob +MacFarlane, Asymptote or Lewis Tsurumaki LewisArtists who take on architectural space like Frank Stella or Bill Viola, or architects who are interested in art like Peter EisenmanThe E-House, architecture that is greener than greenFrom the Minimal (David Chipperfield and John Pawson) to the decidedly exotic (Longitude 131, Uluru-Kata National Park, Northern Territory, Australia)