From doubLe-curvature shapes to geometrically demanding structures, twenty projects by the wortd's most exciting practices are shown in exacting detail through specially drawn plans, sections and elevations
Created by The Plan, one of Europe's leading architecture magazines, this volume does what most books on cutting-.edge architecture do not: it reveals the details of a building's design and construction. Few archttects can pesent drawings in a manner that can be understood by those working outside the project. These drawings reveal wtiat images and photographs can not: how sorne of the world's most challenging buildings have been constructed. Compiled by architects for architects, this is a key resource for professionals seeking to understand today's most intriguing buildings in depth ami in detail
o Includes meticulous plans of such buitdings as Rem Koolhaas's Casa de Musica in Porto, Norman Foster's Chesa Futura apartrnents in St Moritz and UN Studio's ViLla NM in upstate New York
The Plan san internationally distributed and highly regarded architecture magazine