AV magazine takes the quintessential American journey, travelling from coast to coast, from Boston to San Francisco, in order to present twelve recent architectural works from a critical point of view of twelve American authors. The buildings selected, which are clearly photographed and accompanied by plans and elevations, include: the Federal Building by Morphosis, Renzo Piano's NYT Building, the Lindner Center by Tschumi and Holl's Nelson Atkin's Museum.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston Diller & Scofidio, Renfro
New York Times Building, New York Renzo Piano
Hearst Tower, New York Norman Foster
InterActiveCorp Headquarters, New York Frank Gehry
Akron Art Museum Coop Himmelb(l)au
Richard E. Lindner Athletics Center, Cincinnati Bernard Tschumi
Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis Jean Nouvel
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City Steven Holl
Denver Art Museum’s Frederic C. Hamilton Building Daniel Libeskind
Arizona Cardinals Stadium, Glendale Peter Eisenman, HOK