This book looks at the most extraordinary buildings of the twenty-first century. Focusing on landmarks and public buildings, this is a well-informed survey of the most innovative structures to be built in recent years. Selected from Phaidon's extensive research into global contemporary architecture, each project is given a full double page spread with a selection of images showing every aspect of the building, accompanied by an engaging and informative text about the building, its uses and its context.21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, SANAA; National Stadium, Herzog&de Meuron; Watercube National Swimming Centre, PTW Architects+CCDI+Arup; Eden Project, Grimshaw; TOD'S Omotesando, Toyo Ito&Associates, Architects; Vasconcelos National Library, Taller Arquitectura X; Casa da Musica, Office for Metropolitan Architecture; 'Meiso no Mori' Crematorium, Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects; 'Parco della Musica' Auditorium, Renzo Piano Building Workshop; Scottish Parliament, Miralles Tagliabue-EMBT; The East Beach Cafe, Heatherwick Studio; Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, Zaha Hadid Architects; White Chapel, Jun Aoki & Associates; CCTV and TVCC Television Centres, Office for Metropolitan Architecture; 30 St Mary Axe Office Building, Foster+Partners; Freitag Flagship Store, Spillman Echsle Architekten; Phaeno Science Centre, Zaha Hadid Architects; Kolumba Art Museum, Peter Zumthor; Terminal 4, Barajas Airport, Richard Rogers Partnership; Walt Disney Concert Hall, Gehry Partners; Allianz Arena, Herzog&de Meuron; Turning Torso Tower, Santiago Calatrava; Yokohama International Port Terminal, Foreign Office Architects; Chichu Art Museum, Tadao Ando Architects & Associates; Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Eisenman Architects; BMW World Marketing Building, Coop Himmelb(l)au; Millau Viaduct, Foster+Partners; Novartis Campus Forum3 Building, Diener&Diener Architekten; White Temple, Takashi Yamaguchi New Opera House, SnA hetta; MUSAC Cultural Centre, Mansilla+Tunon Arquitectos; Woerman Tower Mixed-use Development, Abalos & Herreros; Brother Claus Chapel, Peter Zumthor; Beijing Capital International Airport, Foster+Partners; Federation Square, Bates Smart; Selfridges Birmingham Department Store, Future Systems; Ibere Camargo Foundation, Siza Vieira Arquiteto