The forms of architecture as we know it are deeply inscribed in human nature and anatomy, From the first inhabited caves, the need for protection from the elements or from adversaries dictated the existence of a door or a roof, The columns of Greek temples and the arborescent splendor of the Gothic trace their roots to the forests of a time before civilization, And if the anatomical nature of architecture were not evident in a thousand other places, it would suffice to view the dome and outstretched "arms" of Saint Peter’s in Rome to understand that what is built flows forth from what we are, Nor are such references to the body limited to ancient architecture. Clearly, towers are amongst the most explicitly anatomical architectural forms, With the essential tasks of protection long since mastered, the symbolic value of architec ture, as an expression of power for example, continues to seek its legitimacy in the most basic facts of human existence.

BACK TO THE FUTURE:THE QUEST FOR A NEW ARCHITECTURE

With the aid of boundless imaginations and sophisticated computer programs,today’s most innovative architects are working on designs so conceptual they could not be built in the physical world. Nonetheless, these forward-thinking projects have an enormous influence on contemporary architecture. At the dawn of the 21st century, architecture is entering a paradigm shift; humanity, ecology, and even biology now play important roles in the conception of living and working spaces. Be they built from bytes or bricks, the projects in this book represent an engaging view of the future through the eyes of the planet’s most talented and creative architects.

For all the latest and most important architectural projects and trends, look no further than this volume, the follow-up to our popular and groundbreaking book Architecture Now!PHiLiP JODIDIO studied art history and economics at Harvard University, and was Editor-in+Chief of the French journal Connaissance des Arts for over two decades. He has published numerous articles and books, including TASCHEN’s Architecture Now/ Volume 1, Building a New Millennium, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, and Alvaro Siza, and is internationally renowned as one of the most talented writers on the subject of architecture.

ZUROCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT:DIE SUCHE NACH EINER NEUEN ARCHITEKTUR

Die meisten experimentellen Architekten arbeiten heute mit grenzenloser Phan tasie und hbchst modernen Computer-Programmen an so konzeptuellen EntwiJrfen, dass diese gar nicht ausgef(Jhrt werden kOnnten. Dennoch 0ben solche fortschrittlichen Projekte einen enormen Einfluss auf die zeitgenbssische Architektur aus. Zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts voltzieht sich in der Architektur ein Paradigmenwechsel: Menschlichkeit, Okologie und sogar Biologie spielen heute eine wichtige Rolle bei der Konzipierung von Wohn- und Arbeitsraumen. Ob sie nun aus Bytes oder Backsteinen bestehen - die in diesem Buch vorgestellten Projekte bieten einen spannenden Blick in die Zukunft dutch die Augen der begabtesten und kreativsten Architekten aus aller Welt.

Wenn es um die neuesten und wichtigsten Bauentwiirfe und Architektur-trends geh, ist dieses Buch genau alas Richtige - der Folgeband unseres wegweiseodeo Titels Architecture Now！

PHILIP JODII0 studierte Kunstgeschichte und Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Universitat Harvard und war Liber zwei Jahrzehnte lang Chefredakteur der franzOsischen Kunstzeitschrift Connaissance des Arts. Er ist Autor zahlreicher Artikel und Buchpublikationen, unter anderem der bei TASCHEN erschienenen B0cher Architecture Now! Band 1, Building a New Millennium und der Mono-graphien 0bet Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Richard Meier und Alvaro Siza. Jodi-dio gilt heute international als einer der versiertesten Kenner der Materie.

INTRODUCTION

ALLIVIANN SATTLER WAPPNER

TADAO ANDO

ASYMPTOTE

SHIGERU BAN

BEHNISCH,

BEHNISCH & PARTNER

BOHLIN CYWINSKI JACKSON

BOLLES + WILSON

BRUNER/

COTT & ASSOCIATES, INC.

SANTIAGO CALATRAVA

ALBERTO CAMPO BAEZA

COOP HIMIVIELB(L)AU

NElL IVI. DENARI

DILLER + SCOFIDIO

WINKA DUBBELDAM

JEAN-MARIE DUTHILLEUL

FRANK O. GEHRY

SEAN GODSELL

NICHOLAS GRIMSHAW

HEIKKINEN-KOMONEN

JOHN HEJDUK

STEVEN HOLL

HANS HOLLEIN

TOYO ITO

JAKOB + MACFARLANE

MICHAEL JANTZEN

JONES, PARTNERS

RICK JOY

REI KAWAKUBO

WARO KISHI

KOHN SHNIER ARCHITECTS

REM KOOLHAAS

KENGO KUMA

LACATON & VASSAL

GREG LYNN/FORM

RICHARD MEIER

SAMUEL MOCKBEE

AND RURAL STUDIO

MORPHOSIS

JEAN NOUVEL

MARCOS NOVAK

NOX

MANOLO NUNEZ-YANOWSKY

OOSTERHUIS.NL

PEI PARTNERSHIP

PUGH + SCARPA ARCHITECTURE

MICHELE SAEE

HARRY SEIDLER

SNOHETTA

JULIE SNOW ARCHITECTS

PHILIPPE STARCK

JYRKI TASA

BERNARD TSCHUMI

JAMES TURRELL

UN STUDIO

VARIOUS ARCHITECTS

KOEN VAN VELSEN

HENDRIK VERMOORTEL

MAKOTO SEI WATANABE

WESLEY WEI

WILKINSON EYRE ARCHITECTS

TOD WILLIAMS,

BILLIE TSIEN & ASSOCIATES

JEAN-MICHEL WILMOTTE

INDEX OF PLACES

CREDITS