How do architects use color‎?‎ Do they adopt a different strategy or starting point for every project‎?‎ Do they gradually cultivate individual color palettes‎,‎ which develop alongside their body of built work‎?‎ Do they utilize‎,‎ or are they aware of‎,‎ the body of theoretical work that underpins the use of color in the past‎,‎ and forms the basis of most of the color systems commercially available today‎?‎ Informed by the author‎'‎s thirty years in architectural practice and academia‎,‎ this book investigates‎,‎ documents and analyzes the work of a number of contemporary architects in order to respond to these questions and provide a clear reference of contemporary color use‎.‎ The book suggests a holistic approach to the integration of color in architecture‎;‎ through a series of thematic essays‎,‎ the text explores and reveals underlying principles in color design and application‎.‎ Case studies include‎:‎ * AHMM * Caruso St John * Erich Wiesner and Otto Steidle * Gigon/Guyer * O‎'‎Donnell + Tuomey * Sauerbruch Hutton * Steven Holl * UN Studio‎.‎The book provides cle‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎