This book is not a conventional survey; it is a visual and textual archive of a country in flux. The 796 pages compile projects, proposals, and reflections from 60 practices, showing how architecture has been a tool for renewal and identity-making since the 1990s. The sheer volume of images—roughly 1,500—offers a dense look at the built landscape, from Tirana's Pyramid to coastal developments.

Curator Anneke Abhelakh frames the book as an incomplete conversation, deliberately leaving room for the voices of those who live with these changes. The result feels like a record of negotiations rather than a glossy showcase, highlighting the complexities of building in a post-communist context. For anyone interested in architecture's role in social and political transition, this is a rich, thought-provoking visua…