NINTH EDITION

Edited by James P. Cramer and Jennifer Evans Yankopolus. Foreword by Marvin J. Malecha

For nine consecutive years, the Almanac of Architecture & Design has provided readers with sweeping views of events, benchmarks, and successes of the past year in design.

Find out which building has assumed the title as tallest, which firms are winning awards, which architecture and design schools are considered the best, which projects and firms are at the top of their market segment, and who the leaders are in the profession.

Highlights of the 2008 edition include:

• Measurements of Design Success
• Design Award Benchmarks
• Green and Sustainable Innovation Records
• Factbook on Compensation
• Watershed Events that Shaped the Profession
• Databases of Pacesetting Projects
• Industry Rankings
• Architecture Scorecards

"The essential and definitive tool for architecture and design facts. Very well done and valuable." - William Stout Architectural Books

"The reader who uses this book well will come away with a richer sense of the texture of the profession and of the architecture it produces." - Paul Goldberger, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic, The New Yorker

"Indispensable for any public library, any design firm, and any school of architecture, landscape architecture, or interior design. In a world in which access to information is critical the Almanac is essential." - Robert Campbell, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic, The Boston Globe

"...an amazing undertaking, chronicling the achievements of the women and men who create the built environment. It tells the story, in short form, of the personalities that shape our present and past." - RK Stewart, 2007 president, American Institute of Architects