Today's City Houses

A vibrant and varied collection of some of the latest exhibition stands from the world's top names in design and architecture. These design programs show the endless creative solutions to be found in working with a limited amount of floor space and, often, limited resources. An inspiring sourcebook for architects, students and design professionals, it also includes brief explanatory texts contributed by the designers themselves.

This book encompasses a wide selection of trade show stands, realized by outstanding international architects and designers ; who have transformed this extraordinary facet of retail design into a fully-fledged art. Each one of the projects included in this volume has been carefully chosen according to a criterion of originality, creativity and innovation. Full-color glossy photographs, rigorous graphic documentation, and explanations by the authors themselves accompany those selected. All of which, added to the complete follow-up of how the design process developed, makes this work a necessary and exciting tool for architects, designers and students, as well as for all professionals wishing to extend their knowledge in the field of retail space design and the architecture of trade show stands.

With in-diep technical explanations, 51 cutting-edge programs and over 1500 glossy color photographs, this collection is as attractive as it is informative. Each proposal is accompanied by a comprehensive analysis (contributed directly by designing architects themselves, Tadao Ando, MVRD, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Vincent van Duysen...) of each phase in the design and building processes, as well as the original ground plans and sketches. All projects are completed with a breakdown of materials and techniques employed, making this an absolutely necessary work for all professionals in the fields of design and arqchitecture.