This illustrated book is a welcome enrichment for everyone interested in contemporary architecture and urban design. With impressive photographs of trend-setting public buildings, exciting new cultural facilities, high-rise buildings, stadiums, international museums, churches and many other kinds of buildings, this book invites us to take an eye-opening tour of today's architecture. Readers are presented with a diverse and fascinating variation of contemporary architecture through an inviting and engaging layout, which makes the material appealingly tangible.