Share: Conversations about Contemporary Architecture - The Nordic
Countries is the first book in a new global series of investigative
interviews about the modern architectural process. Initiated and
undertaken by the Norway-based Canadian architect Todd Saunders, the
Nordic Countries edition features interviews with 30 architectural
practices from Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland.
With more than 25 years of professional practice behind him, Saunders
has always been fascinated by the role of creativity in everyday
practice and the potential power alluded to it. In a series of
interviews undertaken over the past year, Saunders has queried the
changing role of the architect, the challenges of contemporary
practice - especially the impact of the pandemic - and the ways in which
architects can achieve the right balance in the relationship between
site, client, craft and innovation.
Presented as a series of candid conversations between architect and
architect, the book offers insights that go beyond the polished
histories that usually make it into print. In particular, the interviews
explore the role of challenge and failure, conflict and mistakes, chance
and coincidence; all familiar aspects of the architectural process yet
elements that tend to be glossed over in conventional monographs.
The Nordic Countries edition will be followed by companion volumes that
explore the work of architects in North and South America, central
Europe and the Far East.
