richard rapaport

In its four decades of existence, the San Francisco firm of Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz has established an international practice. This up-to-date monograph shows the firm's newest work:

--More than thirty projects from the United States and around the world

--Color illustrations, drawings, and plans vividly shows this world-renowned architecture firm and its visionary placemaking

--Lucid, well-written essays in each section put the firm's work in proper architectural and historical context

--Urban housing, medical facilities, educational buildings, and retail developments all shown in this gorgeous volume.

KMD has developed an international practice in architecture, planning, and urban design. The firm has offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Tokyo, Seoul, Mexico City and Kuala Lumpur; it has designed and completed construction in twenty-five states plus France, Japan, China, Malaysia, Korea, and Mexico. The firm has won over one hundred design awards since 1985 including thirty awards from the American Institute of Architects. With hundreds of stunning color photographs and drawings, this monograph explores a wide range of building types including office, retail, mixed-use, hotel/resort, academic, housing health care, justice, historic restoration and adaptive reuse, and urban design.