Contemporary World Architecture

Contemporary World Architecture presents a comprehensive survey of international architecture at the end of the twentieth century and offers a critical study of the social, cultural and political changes that are shaping the built environment today. Continual advances in building technology, shifting demographics and increasing levels of global communications are all having an impact on architectural ideology and building types as architects prepare for the new millennium.

The book is divided into thirteen chapters, each section organized typologically by building function: Visual Arts, Performance, Learning, Religion, Consumerism, Living, Workplace, Industry, Leisure, Transport, Sport, Civic Realm and Towers. It presents over 660 recent public and private buildings by many of the world's key protagonists, and examines the evolution of new architectural solutions from the late 1960s to the end of the century and beyond. A highly illustrated and wide-ranging critique, Contemporary World Architecture will provide a stimulating and invaluable reference book for architects everywhere.