21st-century London: The New Architecture

This book presents a selection of the most exciting building projects inLondon since the year 2000. The first decade of the twenty-first centuryhas marked out London as arguably the pre-eminent international city forinnovative and ambitious architecture, with the design and construction ofimaginative buildings of all types. Projects range in size and budget fromsuch landmark structures as the ‘Gherkin' (30 St Mary Axe) and theforthcoming ‘Shard' (London Bridge Tower) to such cultural projectsas the Young Vic theatre and the new Tate Modern extension; from offices,schools and hospitals to shops and private houses. With more than 650stunning photographs, drawings and renderings, and critical texts bywell-known architecture writer Kenneth Powell, this is a detailed andauthoritative portrait - indispensable to professionals and the publicalike - of a world city avid to embrace the best of the new.? Profiles over 150 architectural projects of all types and sizes acrossthe whole of London? Authoritatively written by a leading architecture critic, and lavishlyillustrated throughout with plans, renderings and photographs? An essential reference for anyone interested in the changing urbanlandscape of one of the world's most vibrant cities