"Demonstrates how red is both one of the most traditional – and the most contemporary – colors in architecture."―Architects Datafile

A visual exploration of red's vivid role in global architecture over the centuries. 

From the earliest structures to today's contemporary creations, red has been one of the most traditional, and, at the same time, most cutting-edge, colors in the built world.

 Through stunning photography with informative text, you can explore more than 150 of the most striking buildings in existence - from the deep-red and stainless steel of LA's Petersen Automotive Museum to Moscow's red-brick State Museum and beyond.

Visual pairings juxtapose striking works in a fresh, new approach to looking at and understanding architecture, including projects by some of the best architects of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Product Details:

By Stella Paul & Phaidon Editors

ISBN: 9780714876832

Published: Oct. 25, 2018 by Phaidon Press

Pages: 224, Hardcover

Dimensions: 10.38 x 1 x 11.75 inches

Weight: 4.05 lbs.

About the Author:

Stella Paul was educator-in-charge (exhibitions and communications) and senior manager of the Interpretative Audio Program (Digital Media) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. She established the Smithsonian Institution's Southern California Center for the Archives of American Art, and has worked as a curator at LACMA.