After a fascinating introduction which charts the progress of world architecture over the last fifteen years, the reader is introduced, by way of more than 2000 photographs and drawings, to the most significant urban planning and rural infrastructure projects, designs for cultural and leisure facilities, public buildings and institutions, and the very latest designs in the sphere of private residential architecture. All this material makes this book an essential reference work, not only for architects and students, but for the general public interested in getting to know the most representative architecture of our times.