10 X 10: 10 Critics, 100 Architects

This book is an awesome tool for any architecture student, it provides an insight into what is possible if we push the boundaries of design. It has been a great resource for me and many of my peers during my architectural studies. Can't wait to pick up the new book 10x10-2 I only hope it provides me with as much reading pleasure as the first. If you have a family member or friend about to start studying architecture or who has a keen interest in architecture, buying this book as a gift will most certainly whet their appetite for the field.

As a student of Industrial Design, I always pay the most attention to architecture due to it's impact on the world around us. It is truly the most influential form of design. I was thrilled to pick up a copy of '10x10' and look through the pages, discovering architects and buildings that I had never heard of, while being impressed by the book's graphic layout and organization. As a plus, Phaidon manages to produce such great books at an affordable price which is important to most students!

The author Haig Beck is a design professor at the University Of Melbourne, Australia. He was the editor of many prominent international rchitectural journals. This new book of his features many contemporary architects of the present (year 2000) all around the world. Well, what can i say, IT IS WELL WORTH IT! For a book of it's price, it contains pages after pages of coloured graphics, photos, computer generated stuff of the buildings on glossy paper. A lot of the projects are really state of the art too with technological superiority. Reflects the new ways of building now. Featured architects include LAB, Ashton Ragatt McDougal (Storey Hall RMIT), and many others. Big and heavy book, and great!

This book is an awesome collection of unussually creative projects, tons of beautifull full page photos,mixed media graphics, models and X-treme page layouts. A vast amount of architectural imagery, great resource of ideas, design vocabulary and construction systems from around the world; exceptionally presented in this oversize format, truly a reflection of the new directions in contemporary Architecture. The author has a master eye for the "new" and "unique".

Although I was initialy detered by the publisher and the size of the book, I decided to purchase it. It consists of an extraordinary compilation of Architecture for the year 2000. Even though some of the projects have been presented in other books,here they are more in context and are shown in an amazingly complete way for a 4 page presentation.This book will soon become a reference. Very rich graphicaly and quite refreshing.