Talking architecture

What makes an architect tick? What is the state ofarchitecture today? How do architects view each other swork? No one can answer these questions better than thepractitioners themselves. Here such distinguished figures asCecil Balmond, Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid,Philip Johnson, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, I. M. Pei, andothers offer a wide-ranging assortment of perspectives oncontemporary architecture and the architects roles in shapingthe state of the art today. Each interview focuses on theunique contributions of its subject, and is accompanied byimages of their most important works. With a no-holds-barredapproach the author obtains interesting details about theirideas on architecture in general, from where they get theirinspiration, to what formative experiences led them to becomearchitects in the first place. Informative, accessible, andendlessly fascinating, this collection offers a chance tocompare, con