TASCHEN's new architecture series brings a unique perspective to world architecture, highlighting architectural trends by country. Each book features 15 to 20 architects—from the firmly established to the up-and-coming—with the focus on how they have contributed to very recent architecture in the chosen nation. Entries include contact information and short biographies in addition to copiously illustrated descriptions of the architects' or firms' most significant recent projects. Crossing the globe from country to country, this new series celebrates the richly hued architectural personality of each nation featured.

Architects featured: Matali Crasset, Odile Decq, Jean-Marie Duthilleul, Edouard François, Manuelle Gautrand, Jakob + MacFarlane, Lacaton & Vassal, Jean Nouvel, Marin-Trottin/Périphériques, Dominique Perrault, Christian de Portzamparc, Rudy Ricciotti, Valode & Pistre, Jean-Paul Viguier, Jean-Michel Wilmotte

About the author:
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard University, and was editor-in-chief of the leading French art journal Connaissance des Arts for over two decades. He has published numerous articles and books on contemporary architecture, including TASCHEN's Architecture Now! series, Building a New Millennium, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, and Álvaro Siza.TASCHEN's new architecture series brings a unique perspective to world architecture, highlighting architectural trends by country. Each book features 15 to 20 architects-from the firmly established to the up-and-coming-with the focus on how they have contributed to very recent architecture in the chosen nation. Entries include contact information and short biographies in addition to copiously illustrated descriptions of the architects' or firms' most significant recent projects. Crossing the globe from country to country, this new series celebrates the richly hued architectural personality of each nation featured.

Architects featured: Matali Crasset, Odile Decq, Jean-Marie Duthilleul, Edouard François, Manuelle Gautrand, Jakob + MacFarlane, Lacaton & Vassal, Jean Nouvel, Marin-Trottin/Périphériques, Dominique Perrault, Christian de Portzamparc, Rudy Ricciotti, Valode & Pistre, Jean-Paul Viguier, Jean-Michel Wilmotte

About the author:
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard University, and was editor-in-chief of the leading French art journal Connaissance des Arts for over two decades. He has published numerous articles and books on contemporary architecture, including TASCHEN's Architecture Now! series, Building a New Millennium, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, and Álvaro Siza.