Contents -- The Colours of -- Introduction -- Frank O. Gehry -- The balance between form and colour -- Collage of form and colour: Museum of Biodiversity, Panama -- Bend and fold colour: New World Symphony, Miami -- Colour of the mind: Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas -- Jean Nouvel -- Images in colour -- Coloured depths: Agbar Tower, Barcelona -- Vivid red colour: Serpentine Pavilion, London -- Lantern magic: Concert Hall, Copenhagen -- A vibrant red line: The red kilometer, Bergamo -- Wang Shu -- Translating tradition for modern times -- Old and beautiful material: Historic Museum, Ningbo -- Traditional Chinese garden: Park Pavilion, Jinhua -- Architecture needs time to change: China Academy of Art, Hangzhou -- Meditation and poetry: Wa Shan Guesthouse, Hangzhou -- Colour in perspective: Vision and perception -- BIG -- Light blue texture: Danish Pavilion, EXPO 2010, Shanghai -- Colour coded master plan: Superkilen Urban Park, Copenhagen -- Stefano Boeri -- Glass and basalt prism: Complex of Buildings at La Maddalena, Sardinia -- Zaha Hadid -- Suspended black: MAXXI Museum, Rome -- Herzog & de Meuron -- Many shades of green: 28 Condominiums at 40 Bond Street, New York -- Steven Holl Architects -- Open colour: Linked Hybrid Apartment Complex , Beijing -- Toyo Ito -- Polished painted colour: Mikimoto Ginza 2, Tokyo -- Lui Jiakun -- Favourite colour pink: Hu Huishan Earthquake Memorial, Sichuan -- Michael Malzan Architecture -- Rhythm of light and shadow: New Carver Apartments, Los Angeles -- Texture, form, light and colour: Inner City Arts Campus, Los Angeles -- Giancarlo Mazzanti -- Interrelated colour: Timayui School, Santa Marta -- Enric Ruiz-Geli, Cloud 9 -- Transparent colour: Media Tic Building, Barcelona -- SANAA -- Bright golden colour: Derek Lam Store, New York -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements.

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