TASCHEN’s new architecture series brings a unique perspective to worldarchitecture, highlighting architectural trends by country. Each book features 15 to 20 architects—fromthe firmly established to the up-and-coming—with the focus on how theyhave contributed to very recent architecture in the chosen nation.Entries include contact information and short biographies in additionto copiously illustrated descriptions of the architects’ or firms’ mostsignificant recent projects. Crossing the globe from country tocountry, this new series celebrates the richly hued architecturalpersonality of each nation featured.

Architects included: David Adjaye, Will Alsop, Caruso StJohn, Laurie Chetwood, David Chipperfield, Edward Cullinan, dECOi,Ellis Williams, FOA, Norman Foster, Nicholas Grimshaw, Zaha Hadid,Michael Hopkins, Eva Jiricna, Richard Rogers

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.