Cutting edge architecture while you sup and dine The latest architecture and design of restaurants and bars, from L.A. to Tokyo, is the focus of this book. Whether the challenge is merely placing furniture in a simple space, or an ambitious structural project, restaurants and bars are the sites of our most expressive architecture; more ephemeral than larger facilities or entire buildings, they are more apt to capture the mood of the times. From a skyscraper rooftop in Bangkok to a beachfront in Brazil, here are places where design, architecture, food and drink come together in inspiring combinations ranging from minimalist to extravagantly Baroque. Designed and conceived like the enormously successful Architecture Now! books, this publishing milestone identifies the current trends bringing architecture and design together in new and exciting ways. Featured architects/firms/artists: 3deluxe-biorhythm, Architrave, Assadi + Pulido, AvroKO, Barkow Leibinger Architekten, Christian Biecher, Buchner Bründler Architekten, CL3, Concrete, Matali Crasset, Eastern Design Office, Electric Dreams, Elenberg Fraser, Stuart Forbes, Massimiliano Fuksas, GCA Arquitectes, Gilles & Boissier, Stephanie Goto, Pierre Jorge Gonzalez/Judith Haase/AAS, Graft, Guedes + DeCampos, Zaha Hadid, Jeppe Hein, Hosoya Schaefer, Jakob+MacFarlane, Johnsen Schmaling Architects, SFJones Architects, Jouin Manku, Marcio Kogan, Kengo Kuma, Christian Liaigre , Bel Lobo & Bob Neri Arquitetos, MAKE Architecture, Peter Marino, Moon Design, OlssonLykefors Arkitekter, Pentagram Design, Pierluigi Piu, Arne Quinze, Serie, Philippe Starck, Studioilse, Tidy Arquitectos, Tsao & McKown, Marcel Wanders, Isay Weinfeld, Wonderwall/Masamichi Katayama, Yabu Pushelberg, Cate Young