This book presents a selection ofthe most exciting building projects in London since the year 2000.The first decade ofthe twenty-first century has marked out London as arguably the pre-eminent international city for innovative and ambitious architecture, with the design and construction of imaginative buildings of ah types. Projects range in size and budget from such andmark structures as the Gherkin' (30 St Mary Axe) and the forthcoming Shard' (London Bridge Tower) to such cultural projects as theYoungVic theatre and the newTate Modern extension; from offices, schools and hospitals to shops, hotels and private houses.With more than 600 stunning photographs, drawings and renderings, and critical texts by well-known architecture writer Kenneth Powell, this is a detailed and authoritative portrait - indispensable to professionals and the public alike of a world City avid to embrace the best ofthe new.
o Profiles over 1 50 architectural projects of all types and sizes across
the whole of London
o Authoritatively wrtten by a leading architecture critic, and Iavishly ilfustrated throughout with plans, renderings and photographs
o An essential reference for anyone nterested in the changing urban landscape of one ofthe world's most vibrant cities