In the book, the AIA recognizes three years worth of award recipients across four categories: architecture, interior architecture, regional, and urban design, and its esteemed Twenty-Five Year Award. On one hand, these projects from 2010, 2011, and 2012, constitute a snapshot of architectural production”a moment in time and a record of excellence in that moment. On the other hand, it is a snapshot that speaks more broadly about evolving design trends”what has come before, in the first decade of the twenty-first century, and what we might expect more of in the next.