The 144-page, color, oversized book showcases an exclusive group of recent AKA projects selected by the editorial staff of l'Arca. Those projects include the Detroit Opera House, for which the firm was recently awarded a 2001 Honor Award from The American Institute of Architects; the M-Class Assembly Plant for Mercedes-Benz US International, Tuscaloosa County, AL; and Providence Medical Center, Novi, MI, where AKA's most recent completion, the Assarian Cancer Center, features innovative "healing" architecture.

Also pictured with a series of computer generated renderings is the just-completed Oakland University Elliott Hall of Business and Information Technology. AKA's work for The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, is represented in the volume. These projects include the Media Union, East Ann Arbor Health Center and University Hospital, all which have won design awards for the firm.

The l'Arca Edizioni collection features the work of select architects from around the world -- from Europe to Japan, Australia, Scandinavia, and the US. AKA was initially approached by l'Arca in 1998 after the publisher became intrigued by the firm's project for Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Alabama, which it later featured in its international monthly magazine, l'Arca.