GA Document

GA Document is a Japanese journal focusing on international architecture that expresses the ideas of toady’s modern architecture. It describes itself as “presenting the finest in international design”.

Futagawa, Yukio “Zaha Hadid CMA CGM Tower.” GA Document 119, (2011): 8-23.

 Looking at the latest issue available at the library (there are no electronic records), GA Document is very visual in the way that it presents information. It contains numerous plans, elevations, sections, diagrams, models as well as vivid photographs and rendering. Each article briefly explains both the conceptual ideas and the construction details of each project.

• The articles have been translated from Japanese, and the original text almost always follows the translation

• All of the projects/buildings in this issue are public or corporate buildings, from Maggie’s Gartnavel in Glasgow (a support center for people with cancer) to Residential Apartments in Sydney.

• There are no advertisements, except for Global Architecture’s other publications at the beginning and end on the journal.