Since 1980, DAM, or German Architecture Museum, has been publishing its prestigious yearbook on German architecture. This newest volume features an exciting layout, with generous space given to the twenty featured projects by German architects and three projects outside of Germany. This volume also includes two illuminating essays that examine Germany's contemporary architecture scene and the new buildings being planned in China. The book will open with the winner of the year's DAM Architecture Prize, the Kolumba museum in Cologne by Peter Zumthor. AUTHOR: Peter Cachola Schmal, an archtect, is the director of DAM (Deutsches Architektur Museum) in Frankfurt, Germany. Helene Binet is an ibternationally recognised architectural photographer from London. Her stunning photo-essay of the winning project by Peter Zumthor for the DAM German Architecture Annual 2008/09 is the highlight of this year's annual. 290 illustrations