The special 500th issue of A+U features a selection of the best from among the many essays contributed to the magazine by numerous international authors over the years, republished here as a reminder of their “remarkable insight into architectural trends of the time and for the inspiration they offer for the architecture of the future”. Forty years of architectural history are included here, with texts from such notable names.

The special 500th issue of A+U features a selection of the best from among the many essays contributed to the magazine by numerous international authors over the years, republished here as a reminder of their “remarkable insight into architectural trends of the time and for the inspiration they offer for the architecture of the future”. Forty years of architectural history are included here, with texts from such notable names as Toyo Ito, Rem Koolhaas, Jacques Lucan, Zaha Hadid, Colin Rowe, Bernard Tschumi and Paul Rudolph.