The book contains new names from all over the world and the newest buildings and designs. The illustrated A-Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and website addresses. Among the projects that are featured in this book are: a shelter for the needy made out of sandbags; the "Nomadic Museum" made by Shigeru Ban out of shipping containers; a tree house in Germany; new museums built by Gehry, Mansilla and Tunon; the BMW central building in Leipzig by Zaha Hadid; Allianz Arena by Herzog & de Meuron; a wedding chapel in Japan; design hotels in Berlin, Sao Paulo and Cerro Paranal, Chile; a library in Seattle by Rem Koolhaas/OMA; houses in Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Corsica, Hiroshima and Great Mackerel Beach, Australia; and Spoon des Neiges by Patrick Jouin.