According to British architect Julian Taylor, the recession of the early 1990s forced the design industry to a standstill.

Project Specs 24 London London, England Julian Taylor Design Associates << Return to article the People Architect Julian Taylor Design Associates 28 Winchester Road Romsey Hampshire SO518AA UK Julian Taylor Consultant(s) Lighting: Into Lighting Other: Projection, Beta Minds General contractor Cameron Black Photographer Hi res photos from us Jim Ellam Photography +44 (0)7973 933801 Projection Images by client CAD system, project management, or other software used: Vectorworks   the Products Interior finishes Paints and stains: Dulux     Plastic laminate: Colour Core Special surfacing: Colour Core/Corian Floor and wall tile: Resilient flooring: Altro Pebble stone. Furnishings Reception furniture: Main contractor Fixed seating:

Christophe Pillet has been designing objects and environments from his eponymous studio in Paris since 1993.

Project Specs Bar du Port St. Tropez, France Christophe Pillet << Return to article the People Designer Christophe Pillet 29 Passage Dubail 75010 Paris Tel: +33 1 58 36 46 36 Fax: +33 1 42 25 01 25 www.christophepillet.com Photographer Olivier Martin-Gambier   the Products Bar stools Christophe Pillet for Fornasarig

The Condado Plaza in San Juan, Puerto Rico, designed in 1960 by Morris Lapidus as the Hotel Ponce de León, was built as the last of the major hotel projects on San Juan’s “golden strip.

Project Specs Graduate Center, Adolfo Ib''ez University Santiago, Chile Jos' Cruz Ovalle and Partners << Return to article the People Architect José Cruz Ovalle Espoz 2902 Vitacura Santiago, Chile Phone (056 2)2066145 fax (056 2) 2060857 Associate architect(s) Ana Turell S-C Juan Purcell M. Hernán Cruz S. Engineer(s): Pedro Bartolomé(B&B Ingenería) Consultant(s) Lighting: Ana Turell S-C Photographer(s) Juan Purcell (056 2) 2066145 Roland Halbe (0711) 6074073 CAD system, project management, or other software used: Autocad   the Products Structural system: Muros y losas de Hormigón Armado Exterior cladding Concrete: Premix S.A. Wood: Maderas Laminadas Ingelam Roofing Built-up roofing: CYPCO Constructora

From afar, Snøhetta’s National Opera House for the Norwegian Opera & Ballet appears like a marble-and-glass iceberg floating in the eastern Oslo harbor of Bjørvika.

Project Specs The National Opera House Oslo, Norway Sn'hetta << Return to article the People Architect Snøhetta Skur 39 Vippetangen 0172 Oslo NORWAY +47 24 15 60 60 Contributing Partners: Craig Dykers, Tarald Lundevall, Kjetil Trædal Thorsen Project Architects: Sigrun Aunan, Simon Ewings, Rune Grasdal, Tom Holtmann, Elaine Molinar, Kari Stensrød, Øystein Tveter Engineer(s): RREH Engineering Group Reinertsen Engineering ANS: Structural Ingeniør Per Rasmussen AS: Electrical Erichsen & Horgen AS: HVAC Consultant(s) Landscape: Snøhetta Lighting: Ingeniør Per Rasmussen AS Acoustical: Arup Acoustics and Brekke Strand Akustikk Other: Theatre Planning: Theatre Projects Consultants Artists: Kristian Blystad, Kalle Grude, Jorunn Sannes, Astrid

It is striking to discover the unabashedly futuristic architecture of spectacle of the Zenith concert halls cropping up on the outskirts of French towns and cities often best known for the soaring spires of their Gothic cathedrals.

Project Specs Zenith de Strasbourg Eckbolsheim, France Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas << Return to article the People Architect Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, principals Project manager Julian Therme Project architect Michele d’Arcangelo Engineer: BETOM Ingenierie (concrete) Simon & Christiansen, Jacob et Christiansen (structural)   the Products