The pulse of architecture in the world today As always, TASCHEN is doing its best to keep up with the fast paced world of architecture by continually producing guides to the world s best designers and projects. For the third volume of our Architecture Now! series, we ve included many new and exciting names as well as recent projects by perennial favorites. Illustrated A-Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and website addresses.Featuring: Hitoshi Abe, Vito Acconci, David Adjaye, Werner Aisslinger, Asymptote, Shigeru Ban, Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner, Santiago Calatrava, Cook/Fournier, Charles Deaton, dECOi, Neil M. Denari, Diller & Scofidio, Olafur Eliasson, Masaki Endoh and Masahiro Ikeda, FOA, Frank O. Gehry, Gigon/Guyer, Sean Godsell, Alexander Gorlin, Gould Evans, Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Toyo Ito, Wes Jones, Anish Kapoor, Rem Koolhaas/OMA, Kengo Kuma, Daniel Libeskind, Richard Meier, Meyer en Van Schooten, Oscar Niemeyer, Jean Nouvel, NOX, plexus r+d, Dirk Jan Postel, Werner Sobek, Philippe Starck, Jyrki Tasa, Akira Yoneda, Carlos Zapata, Rene van Zuuk Text in English, French, and German "