a+u

Ceramic, glass, concrete and metals are ordinary materials architects are familiar with. Through new treatments and interpretations, these ordinary materials can be transformed by technology resulting in new architectural effects. The projects in this issue are marked by this characteristic that could lead us into new expectation for the future of building and construction. Among the projects in this issue are John Lewis Department store by Foreign Office Architects, Museum Brandhorst by sauerbruch hutton, The Yas Hotel by Asymptote, Nottingham Contemporary by Caruso St John Architect, Artfarm by HHF Architects and Ai Weiwei.

CONTENTS
Essay: Testing Ground: Emergent Green Materials and Architectural Effects / Blaine Brownell
sauerbruch hutton / Museum Brandhorst
Essay: Augmenting Collage City / Raymund Ryan
Foreign Office Architects / John Lewis Department Store and Cineplex
3DELUXE / Leonardo Glass Cube
Stefano Boeri Architetti / Ex Arsenal at La Maddalena
Asymptote / The Yas Hotel
Caruso St John Architects / Nottingham Contemporary
Eduardo Souto de Moura / Museu Paula Rego
David Chipperfield and b720 Arquitectos / City of Justice
Mangado y Asociados, S.L. / Archaeology Museum of Vitoria
UN Studio / MUMUTH, House for Music and Music Theater
HHF architects and Ai Weiwei / Artfarm
Heatherwick Studio / Aberystwyth Business Units
MMA Architects / Design Indaba 10x10 Housing Project
Treusch Architecture / Extension of the Ars Electronica Center
Chuck Hoberman / Expanding Video Screen for U2 360° Tour
Architektur & Landschaft / Landmark in the Lusatian Lakeland