Caruso St John are convinced that today’s architects should be able to choose from the endless array of cultural possibilities. So is this book. Its aim is not merely to document the buildings and projects that Caruso St John have undertaken in Britain and Continental Europe since the early 1990s. Rather, philosophy, Caruso St. John are sceptical that abstraction and simplification are sufficient to make an architecture. This book is based on the idea that one single theory, one narrative alone cannot grasp the complexity of contemporary architecture .Therefore, four concepts are proposed: building in an empire, poetic realism, anachronism and entropy, and images, which invite the reader to approach his work from different directions. Halfway between an atlas and a travel guide, this book offers the possibility to roam freely through the imaginary world of architects.