If ever a building were ripe for second-guessing, it is Paul Andreu’s National Center for the Performing Arts, near the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, and the cavernous Grand Hall of the People.

Project Specs National Center for the Performing Arts Beijing, China Paul Andreu Architect Paris << Return to article the People Architect Paul Andreu Architect Paris 15 rue du Parc montsouris 75014 Paris FRANCE T +33.1.58.10.05.15 F +33.1.53.62.02.20 With François Tamisier, Serge Carillion, Olivia Faury, Mario Flory, Hervé Langlais. Associate architect(s): ADPi and BIAD Engineer: SETEC Consultant(s): Landscape: Paul Andreu Architect Paris Acoustical: CSTB (Mr Vian) Other: Mr Rioualec Photographer: Paul Maurer Renderer(s): AXYZ, Hervé Langlais and Antoine Buonomo   the Products Structural system:

Project Specs Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing, China Foster + Partners and Arup << Return to article the People Architect Foster + Partners Norman Foster Mouzhan Majidi Brian Timmoney Loretta Law Steven Chiu Jonathan Parr Michael Gentz Luke Fox Richard Hawkins Mark Atkinson John Ball Cara Bamford Alan Chan Roberto Davolio Marcos De Andres Rodrigo de Castro Pereira Gunnar Dittrich Andrea Etspueler Tie Fan Colin Foster Kristin Fox Marco Gamini Gabrielle Ho Darryn Holder Da Chun Lin Jun Luo Andy McMullen Justin Nicholls David Picazo Sean Roche Riko Sibbe Danny Sze Pearl Tang Zheng Yu Jean Wenyan

A radical, looping structure, the headquarters of China Central Television (CCTV) stands as an antidote to the typical skyscraper.

Project Specs China Central Television Headquarters Beijing, China Office for Metropolitan Architecture << Return to article the People Partners in charge Ole Scheeren and Rem Koolhaas Project Manager Dongmei Yao Project Architects Charles BermanDavid ChaconChris van DuijnErez EllaAdrianne FisherAnu LeinonenAndre SchmidtShohei ShigematsuHiromasa ShiraiSteven Smit Team Gabriela BojalilJoao Bravo Da CostaCatarina CanasHolly ChaconDan CheongStephane DerveauxKeren EngelmanGaspard EstourgieTieying FangPei FengSarah GibsonChris JamesAbhijit KapadeMichel van der KarPaul KroesePeter LeeXiaodong LiuStuard MaddoxJoseph MonteleoneChristina MurphyShiro OgataRoberto OteroDaan OoievaarTorsten SchroederWenchian ShiKamfai TaiFaustina TsaiJasmine TsoiXinyuan WangLuke WillisVictoria WillocksYou WuTian Tian XuDirk Zschunke With Jeffrey BolhuisGeorg BucherJohannes BuchholzPaul BurgstallerMax BurianekTim CallaghanGonzalo Laurentiu CoceangaGuillaume ColbocPedro Costa GamaDorthee DietzMelissa DowlerLodewijk

In the far-flung suburban expanses of greater Phoenix, civic life can be hard to come by.

Project Specs Arabian Public Library Scottsdale, Arizona Richärd+Bauer << Return to article the People Architect richärd+bauer 1545 W. Thomas Road Phoenix, AZ 85015 602.264.1955 Jim Richard, AIA (Design/Principal) Kelly Bauer, FIIDA (Interior Design/Principal) Steve Kennedy, AIA (Architect/Principal) Ben Perrone (Project Architect) Stacey Crumbaker, Assoc. IIDA (Interior Design/Graphics) Architect of record richärd+bauer Interior designer: Kelly Bauer, FIIDA and Stacey Crumbaker, Assoc. IIDA richärd+bauer Engineer(s): Structural: Caruso Turley Scott, Inc. Mechanical/Plumbing: Kunka Engineering Incorporated Electrical: OMB Electrical Engineers, Inc. Civil: KPFF Consulting Engineers Consultant(s): Landscape: E-Group Lighting: Roger Smith Lighting Design General contractor: Redden Construction Photographer(s): Bill Timmerman 382 N 1st Avenue

Herzog & de Meuron manipulates materials, space, and structure to transform an abandoned power station into Madrid's CaixaForum.

Project Specs CaixaForum Madrid, Spain Herzog & de Meuron << Return to article the People Architect: Herzog & de Meuron Rheinschanze 6 CH-4056 Basel Direct +41 61 385 5757 Partner: Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, Harry Gugger Project Architects: Peter Ferretto, (Associate), Carlos Gerhard (Associate),Stefan Marbach (Associate), Benito Blanco (Project Manager) Project Team: Heitor Garcia Lantaron, Estelle Grosberg, Pedro Guedes, Michel Kehl, Miguel Marcelino, Gabi Mazza, Beatrice Noves Salto, Margarita Salmeron, Stefano Tagliacarne Associate architect(s): Mateu i Bausells Arquitectura, Madrid, Spain Engineer(s): Structural Engineering: WGG Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure, Basel, Switzerland NB35, Madrid, Spain MEP Engineering: Urculo Ingenieros, Madrid, Spain Consultant(s):