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If the 20th century was the age of the skyscraper, the 21st century belongs to the ‘Big Shed’ – colossal and highly engineered structures, such as sports arenas, airports and concert halls, that have become landmarks around the world. A radically new vision of contemporary architecture, this spectacular volume is the first to tell the story of this important genre. Packed with work by the world’s leading architects – including Frank Gehry, Norman Foster, Jean Nouvel, Daniel Libeskind and Toyo Ito – in a geographically diverse set of locations, it will inform, delight and inspire architects, architectural students and anyone who simply wonders at these modern marvels of engineering.

• Features dramatic, specially commissioned photography by Will Pryce, author of the hugely acclaimed Brick and Architecture in Wood, and one of the most admired architectural photographers in the world.
• Many of the photographs are allied to technical drawings of many of the buildings in a bold, dynamic design that conveys the excitement of encountering these amazing structures at first hand and enables the reader to understand how they were designed, built and function.
• A massive subject with a massive geographical scope: the book encompasses projects from London to Tokyo, from France to Sydney.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Origins of the Big Shed
Pompidou Centre, France • Sainsbury Centre, England Exhibition Expo Hall 4, Hanover • Expo Hall 26, Hanover • Expo Halls 8 & 9, Hanover • Messehalle 3, Frankfurt • Congrexpo Grand Palais, Lille Zenith, Rouen • Tokyo International Forum, Japan Industry Igus Factory, Cologne New York Times Printing Works, USA • The Cargolifter Airship Hanger, Berlin • The Jean-Luc Lagardère Building, Toulouse • Hamburg Jumbo Hangar, Germany • HACTL Cargo Terminal, Hong Kong Transport Stuttgart Airport Terminals 2 & 3, Stuttgart Oslo Airport, Oslo • Madrid Airport, Madrid • Kansai Airport, Japan • Chek Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong • New Inchon Transportation Centre, Korea • Singapore Expo Station, Singapore • Sydney Olympics Stadium, Sydney Sport National Training Centre for Rhythmic Gymnastics, Alicante • Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Sydney • Sydney Superdrome, Sydney • Buchholz Sports Centre, Switzerland Arts • The Millennium Dome, London • Imperial War Museum North, Manchester • Federation Square, Melbourne • KKL, Lucerne • The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia • USAF Museum Duxford, Duxford • The Walt Disney Concert Hall • The Guggenheim at Bilbao, Bilbao • Sage Centre at Gateshead, Gateshead
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