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- The Nordic Countries is the first book in a new global series of
investigative interviews about the modern architectural process. Initiated and
undertaken by the Norway-based Canadian architect Todd Saunders, the Nordic
Countries edition features interviews with 30 architectural practices from
Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland.

With more than 25 years of professional
practice behind him, Saunders has always been fascinated by the role of
creativity in everyday practice and the potential power alluded to it. In a
series of interviews undertaken over the past year, Saunders has queried the
changing role of the architect, the challenges of contemporary practice -
especially the impact of the pandemic - and the ways in which architects can
achieve the right balance in the relationship between site, client, craft and
innovation.

Presented as a series of candid conversations
between architect and architect, the book offers insights that go beyond the
polished histories that usually make it into print. In particular, the
interviews explore the role of challenge and failure, conflict and mistakes,
chance and coincidence; all familiar aspects of the architectural process yet
elements that tend to be glossed over in conventional monographs.

The Nordic Countries
edition will be followed by companion volumes that explore the work of
architects in North and South America, central Europe and the Far East.