Pearl Academy

Includes index.

The book is in part a compilation from Taschen's previously published "Architecture now!" series.--Page 2.

Volume 1. "Sclera, size + matter", London / Adjaye Associates -- "Template", Kassel / Ai Weiwei, Fake Design -- Fincube, Winterinn / Werner Aisslinger -- Entre Muros House, Tumbaco / Al Borde -- Skinspace, Yangyeong-gun ; Topoject, Yangyeong-gun / AND -- Ando Museum, Naoshima ; Komyo-ji Temple, Saijo ; Museum of Wood, Mikata / Tadao Ando -- Mountain house, Nevada / Atelier Bow-Wow -- The Lantern, Sandnes / Atelier Oslo + AWP -- Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz ; Atsushi Imai Memorial Gymnasium, Odate / Shigeru Ban -- Römerbad Thermal Spa extension, Bad Kleinkirchheim / Behnisch Architects -- Kona residence, Kona / Hagy Belzberg -- JZ House Camaçari / Bernardes + Jacobsen -- House 11x11 near Munch -- Jübergtower, Hemer / Birk & Heilmeyer -- House at the Shawangunks, New Paltz / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson -- Hameau de Plantoun, Bayonne / Bernard Bühler -- Zurich University, Law Faculty, Zurich ; Bodegas Ysios, Laguardia / Santiago Calatrava -- Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond / Cannon Design -- KAA Restaurant, São Paulo / Arthur Casas -- Lakewood House, Northeast USA / Centerbrook -- Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen / Claus + Kaan -- MJ House, Melipilla / Comunarquitectos -- Clifftop house, Maui / Dekleva Gregorič -- Eco-sustainable house, Antony / Djuric+Tardio -- "Established & Sons, Milan 2009", Milan / Established & Sons -- Canteen at the City of Culture, Galicia, Santiago de Compostela / Estudio Nómada -- Chashitsu Tetsu, Nakamaru / Terunobu Fujimoto -- Mountain Research, Minamisaku / General Design -- Edward Street house, Melbourne / Sean Godsell -- Stack Restaurant and Bar, Mirage, Las Vegas / GRAFT -- Y-house, Catskills / Steven Holl -- Feering Bury Farm Barn, Feering / Antony Hudson -- Fire Island Pines Pavilion, Fire Island Pines / HWKN -- ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion, Stuttgart / ICD/ITKE -- Villa in Hayama, Hayama / Yosuke Inoue -- Thermal bath, Bad Gleichenberg / Jensen & Skodvin -- Ferrous house, Spring Prairie / Johnsen Schmaling -- Yayoi Auditorium Annex, Tokyo / Taiji Kawano -- Transformation of a barn, Gluringen / Benjamin Krampulz -- GC Prostho Museum Research Center, Torii Matsu Machi ; Jugetsudo, Paris / Kengo Kuma -- Kuokkala Church, Jyväskylä / Lassila Hirvilammi --

Volume II. Bridge school, Xiashi / Li Xiaodong -- Quadrucci Restaurant, Búzios / Bel Lobo -- Cow barn, Lignières ; Temporary Chapel of St. Loup, Pompaples / Localarchitecture -- "Ghost Lab", Nova Scotia / McKay-Lyons Sweetapple -- Comprehensive office building, Qingpu / Mada S.P.A.M. -- Aesop Saint-Honoré, Paris / March Studio -- Pio Pio Restaurant, New York / Sebastian Mariscal -- Metropol Parasol, Seville / Jürgen Mayer H. -- Letterbox House, Blairgowrie / McBride Charles Ryan -- Café-bar on Deal Pier, Deal / Niall McLaughlin -- Chapel, Tatuí / Beatriz Meyer -- Lake Hills Suncheon Country Club, Suncheon / Ken Sungjin Min -- Damiani Holz & Ko headquarters, Bressanone / Modus -- Temple of the Blue Moon, Issaquah / Pete Nelson -- Toward Landscape, Berg, Susanne Nobis -- Yellow Tree House, Hokianga Harbour / Pacific Environments -- Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center, Nouméa / Renzo Piano -- Orchideorama of the Botanical Garden of Medellín, Medellín / Plan:B + JPR/CR -- Logjam House, Rio Blanco / Antoine Predock -- L'Eclaireur, Paris ; "Camille", Rouen / Arne Quinze -- "Into the landscape", Seljord / Rintala Eggertsson -- Festival Center for KFDA09, Brussels / Rotor -- Vacation house, Sent / Hans-Jörg Ruch -- Miyajima Office, Hatsukaichi / Hiroshi Sambuichi -- Metla, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Joensuu / Sarc Architects -- Squish Studio, Fogo Island / Todd Saunders -- Pinhuacho Observation Deck, Villarrica / Rodrigo Sheward -- House on Henry's Meadow, Vale Perkins / Shim-Sutcliffe -- House in Oudenburg / Álvaro Siza -- Termas Geométricas Hot Springs COmplex, Coñaripe / Germán del Sol -- Ferraz Gourmet, Salvador / Sotero Architects -- "London Dresser", London / Studio of Cinematic Architecture -- Outcrop house, Sydney / Peter Stutchbury -- Kiltro House, Talca / Supersudaka -- Saipua, Brooklyn, Tacklebox -- Gaoligong Museum of Handcraft Paper, Tengchong / Tao -- Ladderstile House, London ; The Long Studio, Norfolk / Threefold Architects -- Alésia Museum and Archeological Park, Alésia / Bernard Tschumi -- Nest, Onomichi / UID Architects -- Metamorphosis house, Casablanca / Ulloa + Ding -- Bamboo Wing, Dai Lai / Vo Trong Nghia -- Lake House, Friedrichswalde / Werk A -- Kastrup Sea Bath, Kastrup / White -- Rifkind House, Georgica Pond / Williams and Tsien -- Piano Pavilion, Lahti / Wingårdhs -- Mandakovic House, Navidad / WMR -- Casa Granero, Pucon ; Tierra Patagonia Hotel, Torres del Paine / Cazú Zegers -- Roosendaal Pavilion / Roosendaal / René van Zuuk.

"Not so very long ago, some might have considered wood a material of the past, long since replaced by more modern components such as concrete and steel. The truth is radically different. Bolstered by new manufacturing techniques and ecological benefits, wood has seen a fabulous resurgence in contemporary construction. This double-volume survey explores how architects around the world have created and invented with this elementary material. Featuring follies, very large buildings, and ambitious urban renewal schemes, it celebrates the diverse deployment of wood from architects in China, Chile, and everywhere in between. We see how wood can at once transform urban spaces, as in the Metropol Parasol in Seville by Jürgen Mayer H, and allow for sensitive interventions in natural environments, as at the Finnish Forest Research Institute by SARC Architects, or the Termas Geométricas Hot Springs Complex by Germán del Sol. True to all Taschen architecture tomes, the book pays tribute to many emerging international talents, as well as to such renowned figures as Tadao Ando to Renzo Piano. It celebrates each of these architect's vision and innovation, as well as investigating the techniques, trends, and principles that have informed their work with wood. It examines the computer guided milling that has allowed for novel new forms, the responsible harvesting that allows wood to align with our environmental concerns, and, above all, wood's enduring appeal to our senses and our psyche, comforting hectic modern lives with a sense of Arcadian beauty and simplicity."--provided by publisher.

Parallel texts in English, French and German.