Public Architecture Now!, Paperback Book, By: Philip Jodidio

We tend to divide buildings into two basic categories - private structures such as houses, and public buildings like railway stations, concert halls or museums. Public buildings have limits of their own: whether a courthouse or an airport, a stadium or college campus, questions of style, function or cost are clearly posed. Resolving such tensions is just one of many serious questions that arise when the definition of public architecture is at stake. This book explores the most creative responses to these and related issues, and shows how in recent years, public architecture has undergone a tremendous upheaval, an aesthetic awakening of sorts. Where solidly classical and staid designs were the norm, aesthetic daring and innovation are now increasingly rewarded, as celebrated architects from Herzog & de Meuron to Jean Novel have blazed a trail for a new generation of truly public buildings - structures that combine access for the many, with quality once reserved for the few. "Public Architecture Now!" highlights the ground-breaking and breath-taking new public architecture now appearing around the world, from Spain to Norway, via Chile, China and the USA. Featured architects and practices of this title include: 3XN, Adjaye/Associates, Aires Mateus, Stan Allen Architect, AllesWirdGut, Tadao Ando, Paul Andreu, ARM, Arup Associates, Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido Architects, Atelier Oslo + AWP, Auer+Weber+Assoziierte, b720 Arquitectos, Behnisch Architected, Rafael Beneytez, Bruno Fioretti Marquez, Santiago Calatrava, Cannon Design, CEBRA, David Chipper field, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, EMBT - Miracles Tagliabue Arquitectes Associates, Carlos Ferreter + Jimenez Brasa Arquitectos, Massimiliano and Dorian Fuksas, Frank O. Gehry, Nicholas Grim Shaw, and Herzog & de Meuron. Featured architects and practices of this title also include: Hot son Bakker Boniface Haden, Toyo Ito, Taiji Kawano, Marcio Kogan, Kuehn Malvezzi, Line and Space, Local architecture, Lundgaard & Tranberg, Fumihiko Maki, Michael Maltzan, Francisco Mangado, Giancarlo Mazzanti, MGM Arquitectos, Rafael Moneo, Moneo Brock Studio, Alberto Nicolau, Nieto Sobejano, Jean Novel, ONL, Perkins Eastman, Dominique Perrault, Plan B Architecture + JPRCR Architects, Rojkind Arquitectos, Alvaro Siza Vieira, Substance, Tidy Architects, UNStudio/Van Berkel & Bos, Vicens + Ramos Architects, John Wardle, Makoto Sei Watanabe, Rene van Zuuk.