Nature and architecture have never been more intertwined. As more of the earth´s surface is swallowed up by the built environment, architects are increasingly up to the task of integrating flora and greenery into their creations. There are many ways to express this: green roofs, living walls, indoor courtyards and entire facades filled with plants. But where these are posed as solutions there are yet more questions. How does a skyscraper uphold the weight of hundreds of trees? How do residents keep moss-covered walls alive? Jungle Architecture explores this, and much more.

Récupérés, réutilisés et pratiquement indestructibles, les conteneurs de transport maritime permettent de réinventer la construction.
Au cours des dernières années, l'architecture conteneur a pris une place importante dans notre environnement. L'utilisation de conteneurs a permis la création de structures modulaires pour construire des pavillons, des salles d'exposition, des locaux commerciaux et même des résidences. En parallèle, les architectes ont développé des méthodes de plus en plus inventives pour travailler avec ce matériau de construction sans prétention, du simple empilement à des compositions élaborées. Alors que cette approche architecturale était à l'origine un moyen facile de créer des bâtiments temporaires, Container Atlas a débusqué des résidences luxueuses et discrètes, des habitations urbaines, des centres communautaires et d'autres constructions encore, tous témoignant que d'humbles conteneurs peuvent rendre le préfabriqué durable.
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Espaces poétiques, structures surréalistes et vision théâtrale. Cette monographie passe en revue l'extraordinaire carrière de Ricardo Bofill, à travers son approche inédite de l'architecture. À une époque où les styles architecturaux dominants tendent toujours plus vers l'homogénéité, les créations fantasques de Bofill comblent nos attentes en matière d'originalité, de personnalité et d'idéaux.

'Thank god for Richard Sennett ... essential reading for all students of the city' Anna Minton, Prospect 'Constantly stimulating ideas from a veteran of urban thinking' Jonathan Meades, Guardian In Building and Dwelling , Richard Sennett distils a lifetime's thinking and practical experience to explore the relationship between the good built environment and the good life. He argues for, and describes in rich detail, the idea of an open city, one in which people learn to manage complexity. He shows how the design of cities can enrich or diminish the everyday experience of those who dwell in them. The book ranges widely - from London, Paris and Barcelona to Shanghai, Mumbai and Medellin in Colombia - and draws on classic thinkers such as Tocqueville, Heidegger, Max Weber, and Walter Benjamin. It also draws on Sennett's many decades as a practical planner himself, testing what works, what doesn't, and why. He shows what works ethically is often the most practical solution for cities' problems. This is a humane and thrilling book, which allows us to think freshly about how we live in cities. 'Sennett is my kind of urbanist. He sees the modern city. He reads its secrets as he walks down the street, kicking over the detritus of the past ... There is no alternative to the planner, but please a planner who has read Sennett's book' Simon Jenkins, Sunday Times
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