Mistakenly described by some as a Minimalist architect, in the nineties David Chipperfield consolidated his reputation as one of the most conceptually complex architects, judging by the diversity and depth of his recent proposals as exemplified in the magnificent River & Rowing Museum, the Knight House and the works-in-progress for Ansaldo, Venice, Madrid and Berlin.

This book is a faithful reflection of the modus operandi and spirit that pervade the professional life of Josep Lluís Mateo, unquestionably one of the Spanish architects’ offices that has had the greatest impact on the international scene. Josep Lluís Mateo has a studio in Barcelona and teaches at the ETH in Zurich, where he is Professor of Architecture and Design.

As younger members of CIAM and as founding members of Team 10, Alison and Peter Smithson were at the heart of the debate on the future course of Modern Architecture, and by their polemics and designs laid the foundations for the New Brutalilism and the 1960 S Pop Art Movement.

Caruso St John are convinced that today s architects should be able to choose from the endless array of cultural possibilities. So is this book. Its aim is not merely to document the buildings and projects that Caruso St John have undertaken in Britain and Continental Europe since the early 1990s. Rather, philosophy, Caruso St. John are sceptical that abstraction and simplification are sufficient to make an architecture.