Subject Material:
Architecture influences human society and society influences architecture. This volume seeks to make known those individuals who are the initiators of creative works of architecture that shape our times. These very personal portraits in photography by Ingrid von Kruse are enhanced and complemented by statements written by these eminent contemporary architects, explaining what architecture means to them. A selection of sketches, drawings and models completes the insight into their artistic world of imagination and their individual thought process. The self-conception of each architect becomes evident and gains contour in this volume, revealing the ideals behind the ideas.

Tadao Ando, Gottfried Böhm, Mario Botta, Santiago Calatrava, David Chipperfield, Peter Eisenman, Norman Foster, Frank O. Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Bjarke Ingels, Helmut Jahn, Rem Koolhaas, Phyllis Lambert, Daniel Libeskind, Richard Meier, Rafael Moneo, Oscar Niemeyer, Ieoh Ming Pei, Dominique Perrault, Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, SANAA, Álvaro Siza, Robert Venturi/Denise Scott Brown, Peter Zumthor among others

Author:
The freelance photographer, Ingrid von Kruse, resides in Hamburg. Various international exhibitions have taken place in connection with the publication of her books, such as "Europe Taken Literally", "Time and its Moments" and "Venice – Voices between the Stones and the Sea". Her photographs are an inherent component of many a public and private collection.

Jovis Publishing Company 2011 Europe