Contemporary World Interiors

Contemporary World Architecture, Contemporary World Interiors is a thorough survey of the current state of international interior design, presenting some 450 projects around the world completed within the past 25 years. Organized into 11 chapters by building type, the book goes far beyond the traditional emphasis on residences and commercial spaces to include religious interiors, performance halls and cultural centers, civic spaces, restaurants, and hospitals and therapeutic spaces, among others. Rather than simply charting passing trends, author Susan Yelavich, a veteran New York-based curator and critic, describes projects by famous designers and promising newcomers alike, in countries as far-ranging as Russia, China, Israel, Chile, and South Korea, as well as more familiar locales in Europe, Japan, and North America. More than 1000 color photographs and plans illustrates the book, all reproduced at a generous format. Within the chapters, readers will find familiar names and places, such as the Tate Modern in London by Herzog & de Meuron; the New German Parliament in Berlin, by Foster & Partners; and Moonsoon restaurant in Japan, by Zaha Hadid; as well as new discoveries, such as the Psychiatrist Hospital in Zeeland, the Netherlands, by the Dutch firm Mecanoo; the Korean Presbyterian Church in New York, by Greg Lynn; and the Joyce Department Store in Taipei, by the New York firm Tsao & McKown.