Contemporary World Architecture

A comprehensive survey of international architecture of the late 20th-century.

• A comprehensive survey of architecture around the world from the late 1960s to the end of the 20th century, organized by building function
• Presents over 660 recent public and private buildings
• Offers a critical study of the social, cultural and political changes - advances in building technology, shifting demographics and increasing levels of global communication - that are shaping today's built environment
• Thirteen chapters cover Visual Arts, Performance, Learning, Religion, Consumerism,
• Living, Workplace, Industry, Leisure, Transport, Sport, Civic Realm and Towers
• 1001 colour illustrations, 3 black and white illustrations, 208 line drawings