gmp × Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partners

Architecture shapes our lives to a greater extent than almostany other art form. This also applies to the buildingsplanned by the firm gmp À Architekten von Gerkan, Margund Partner. With tremendous openness to building on anyscale and typology under a wide variety of cultural as wellas contextual conditions, the long-established firm has realizedairports, soccer stadiums, and cultural buildings allover the world. Since its founding in 1965, the firm has undertakenmore than 500 projects in twenty-three countriesand has been honored with numerous awards for its buildings.Its extensive oeuvre is reflected in numerous publications,including this profusely illustrated 13th volume of thewell-known series of monographs. The fifty buildings andprojects from 2011 to 2015 discussed here range from theseat of the Vietnamese National Assembly to the TianjinCultural Center, Bund SOHO in Shanghai, Baku Crystal Hall,the stadiums built or converted for the 2014 World Cup inBrazil, the New Hans Sachs House in Gelsenkirchen, G