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Title: Pacific Edge: Contemporary Architecture on the Pacific Rim by Peter Zellner, Aaron Betsky, Davina Jackson, Akira Suzuki ISBN: 0-8478-2116-1 Publisher: Rizzoli Publications Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $60.00

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Average Customer Rating: 3.14 (7 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A great introduction to the region's architecture
Comment: Although this book is nearly two years old now, the concepts, pratices and projects presented still indicate that the Pacific is an increasingly important cultural zone. Very few books have attempted to tackle the issue of a non-European architecture and whilst this misses some major practitioners (notably Glen Murcutt and Peter Corrigan in Australia, Tadao Ando in Japan and Frank Gehry in LA) and projects I still give the book two thumbs up!

Rating: 4
Summary: Quiet achiever
Comment: This book is well-written, well researched, exploring contemporary architecture in the Pacific Rim, complemented by 3 essays which are definitely thought provoking. Sad to say that the rating by the readers is poor because this is one of the best architecture book that I have ever come across & a book that I keep coming back too. If readers are looking for a pictorial architecture book that looks good on your coffee table, probably there's an element of truth that its standard can't surpassed those published by Phaidons, but in terms of being an intelligent book, it delivers, even exceeding my expectation. The author split the book into 5 different types of architecture that are observed in this region. They are the the modernist legacies (international vernacular), edge condition (regional inflection & the architecture of local identity), dense cities (architecture in the expanding new world city), tectonics (building corporeal architecture) & lastly, media-tectonics (generating an ambient architecture). Many examples are provided from LA to NZ. Rather than covering works of superarchitects of our time, the book opted to cover works by established but less well known architects such as Mathias Klotz of Chile, Stephen Yeang of Malaysia, Thom Craig of Christchurch (good on ya!), Ricardo Legoretta (this year's winner of AIA gold medal), etc. Considering that the book is published in 1988, the author definitely does have foresight in his selections of those architecture works. A book not to be missed by architecture enthusiast. Highly recommended & look forward to his next book offering.

Rating: 1
Summary: One to be missed
Comment: Destined to be a fixture in many bargain used bookshops or the coffee tables of people who should no better.