Provisional profiles nine of America's most exciting architectural practices. Enlightening interviews together with a selection of
drawings, diagrams, models, renderings, and building process photographs reveal a shared commitment to experimentation and
learning-by-doing. Their interdisciplinary design approach and savvy use of communication networks for interfirm collaborations has produced a diverse array of projects on a variety of scales. Projects by
SHoP Architects, Front Studio, Gehry Technologies, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis, Höweler + Yoon Architecture, nARCHITECTS, servo, GYA Architects, and Chris Hoxie Design are included as well as the following projects: Beijing National Stadium, China Central
Television (CCTV) Station and Headquarters (Beijing), Dee and Charles Wyly Theater (Dallas); FutureGen Power Plant (Illinois); Highline HL23 (New York City); and the Olympic Sculpture Park (Seattle).