Does contemporary German architecture have anything to offer to the larger architectural community? Can architects born in the 50s and 60s produce, so soon in their careers, buildings taht deserve international acclaim? Klaus-Dieter Weiss, a leading expert and critic on current architectural practice in Germany, has confronted these questions. This survey of architectural practice in Germany is a aresult of extensive research and critical selection and exemplifies the new and remarkable tendencies re-emerging in German architecture. The following offices are represented with their recent and important work: -Albers, Berlin -Allmann, Sattler, Wappner, Munich -Augustin, Frank, Berlin -Cheret, Bozic, Stuttgart -Goritz, Hanover -Hild, Kaltwasser, Munich -Mensing, Sedler, Darmstadt -Roth, Hamburg -Scheuring, Hannibal -Scheuring, Cologne -Schneider, Stuttgart -Spengler, Wiescholek, Hamburg -Turkali, Frankfurt

This richly illustrated book details the wide-ranging construction and urban planning projects launched across Germany after the Nazi Party seized power. The authors show that it was an intentional program to thoroughly reorganize the country's economic, cultural, and political landscapes in order to create a dramatically new Germany, saturated with Nazi ideology.

Andr Poitiers' adventure in design has been one of experimentation, an experimentation in which he has pursued difficult objectives and pushed himself to the edge of known territory. The expertise is there, acquired in the studio of Norman Foster, but his dream has invaded the territory of architecture and generated intentionally provocative figures. Poitiers picked his own, original way, driven by futuristic and iconoclastic impetus. Technology and New Pop seem to have been the hardware and software of his path. The most recent goal on Poitiers' journey is Plasma, the liquid, organic and living material, liable to alter in relation to functional and environmental factors. Poitiers' unusual and individual approach to designing is reflected in the graphics and presentation of the book.

This volume demonstrates the clear, simple beauty born of Ackermann and Partners' aesthetic approach to construction and design.