Defining a More Purposeful Architecture: A Guide to Current Architectural Trends,

Defining a More Purposeful Architecture: A Guide to Current Architectural Trends,Above, Santiago Calatrava's Florida Polytechnic compared to Oscar Niemeyer's Brasilia Congress Building. Image © Alan Karchmer for Santiago Calatrava and © Flickr CC user Christoph Diewald

Defining a More Purposeful Architecture: A Guide to Current Architectural Trends,Above, MAD Architecture's Absolute Towers and below Zaha Hadid Architects' Galaxy Soho. Image © Iwan Baan

Defining a More Purposeful Architecture: A Guide to Current Architectural Trends,BIG's homepage. Image via www.big.dk

Defining a More Purposeful Architecture: A Guide to Current Architectural Trends,Above, the 2011 ICD | ITKE Research Pavilion, and below "Kinetic Haze" from the AA's 2014 Athens Visiting School. Image © Alice Mangoyan and © ICD / ITKE University of Stuttgart

Defining a More Purposeful Architecture: A Guide to Current Architectural Trends,Above, diagrams outlining the layout of OMA's Seattle Central Library, and below the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Image Courtesy of OMA and © Philippe Ruault

Defining a More Purposeful Architecture: A Guide to Current Architectural Trends,Norman Foster's Yale School of Management, and below a geometric analysis of the building. Image © Chuck Choi

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Defining a More Purposeful Architecture: A Guide to Current Architectural Trends