As economic problems make some shy away from grandiose, long-lastingbuildings, a wave of new temporary buildings and architectural is sweepingover the planet. These can have uses from emergency relief to concert orperformance venues. Another fascinating area that is covered here isexhibition and fair design, a veritable treasure trove of exciting designsthat come and
go in the space of a week or less, to show fashion, jewelryor design. Fashion shows or art displays are all part of this dynamic trendthat includes some of the great names in contemporary architecture likeZaha Hadid or Rem Koolhaas, but also many architects that you have neverheard of until now!Featured architects and practices include:Werner Aisslinger, Atelier Bow Wow, Aybar Mateos, Cecil Balmond, ShigeruBan, Bernardes Jacobsen, BIG, Alberto Campo Baeza, Carmody Groarke,Santiago Cirugeda, Coop Himmelblau, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, EcosistemaUrbano, Olafur Eliasson, Ammar Eloueini, Essentia, Established & Sons,Fantastic Norway, Mark Fisher, Massimiliano Fuksas, Laurent Grasso & PascalGrasso, Zaha Hadid, Heatherwick, Institute of Computational Design, ToyoIto, Adam Kalkin, Ken Min Architects, Koers Mulder, Adolf Krischanitz, LiuJiakun, LOT-EK, MAPT, Miralles Tagliabue, MOS, Eric Owen Moss, NASA, IvanNavarro, Jean Nouvel, OBRA Architects, OMA, OMD, John Pawson, PhilippeRahm, Raumlabor Berlin, Francesc Rifea, Michael Rojkind, Rotor, TomasSaraceno, SO-IL, Tamassociati, Javier Terrados Cepeda, UNStudio, HelenaWillemeit, Tokujin Yoshioka