Includes bibliographical references (p. 374-375).

Frank O. Gehry : The balance between form and colour / Erik Mattie ; Collage of form and colour: Museum of Biodiversity, Panama ; Bend and fold colour: New World Symphony, Miami ; Colour of the mind: Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas -- Jean Nouvel : Images in colour / Sophie Roulet ; Coloured depths: Agbar Tower, Barcelona ; Vivid red colour: Serpentine Pavilion, London ; Lantern magic: Concert Hall, Copenhagen ; A vibrant red line: The red kilometer, Bergamo -- Wang Shu : Translating tradition for modern times / Bert de Muynck ; Old and beautiful material: Historic Museum, Ningbo ; Traditional Chinese garden: Park Pavilion, Jinhua ; Architecture needs time to change: China Academy of Art, Hangzhou ; Meditation and poetry: Wa Shan Guesthouse, Hangzhou ; Colour in perspective: Vision and perception / by Erik Mattie -- BIG: Light blue texture: Danish Pavilion, EXPO 2010, Shanghai ; Colour coded master plan: Superkilen Urban Park, Copenhagen -- Stefano Boeri : Glass and basalt prism: complex of buildings at La Maddalena, Sardinia -- Zaha Hadid : Suspended black: MAXXI Museum, Rome -- Herzog & de Meuron : Many shades of green: 28 condominiums at 40 Bond Street, New York -- Steven Holl Architects : Open colour: Linked hybrid apartment complex, Beijing -- Toyo Ito : Polished painted colour: Mikimoto Ginza 2, Tokyo -- Lui Jiakun : Favourite colour pink: Hu Huishan Earthquake Memorial, Sichuan -- Michael Malzan Architecture : Rhythm of light and shadow: New Carver Apartments, Los Angeles ; Texture, form, light and colour: Inner City Arts Campus, Los Angeles -- Giancarlo Mazzanti : Interrelated colour: Timayui School, Santa Marta -- Enric Ruiz-Geli, Cloud 9 : Transparent colour: Media Tic Building, Barcelona -- SANAA : Bright golden colour: Derek Lam Store, New York.

Color is inextricably linked with architecture; as a design element and also as an inherent quality, it characterizes the shape and texture of the built fabric. This book presents extraordinary color schemes, both in terms of technology and aesthetics, for ground-breaking architecture with a wide spectrum of functions: from apartment to concert hall, from flagship store to city park. The focus is on the works of the three architects Frank O. Gehry, Jean Nouvel and Wang Shu. This is expanded by the works of other practices such as BIG, Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Toyo Ito and SANAA. This publication presents a compendium that documents color schemes in architecture in the context of very different aesthetic approaches. The large-format photographs by Iwan Baan, Christian Richters, Roland Halbe and Philippe Ruault fascinate with their clarity and presence.