English/Chinese bilingual. Contemporary architecture presents itself with various aesthetical standards. Besides the rational function of architectural design, architects now pay more attention to the continuity from the inside to the outside of architecture. At this point, the design of building skin and details could give a full presentation of such a tendency. This book collected a number of masterpieces that could reflect the trend of modern architectural surface design. According to the composition of the building material, it has been divided into six chapters: Glass Facade, Metal Facade, Stone Facade, Concrete Facade, Timber Facade, and Complex Facade.