Through this selection, These works explore different ways of thinking and living architecture, landscape and habitat. From the poetry of the garden carved to the forms of collective or alternative habitat, these books offer a new look at our relationship to space and the environment.
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1 – Sculptural landscaping
Specialized in the development of private gardens, Jan Verlinden publishes his first monograph in which he endeavors to restore his poetry. Neither gardener nor landscaper, he defines himself as a sculptor of landscapes, which this book reports which presents a selection of his achievements in Belgium and France.
The Poetry of Landscaping, Jan Linnin ‘, connections Beta-plus, 304 p., In 79.95. DR
Immortalize the landscape often is a challenge. The photographs are signed by Belgian Thomas de Bruyne who was able to capture to perfection, without blue sky or flashy light, the subtle work of Jan Verlinden and his “Deep love for plants”.
2 – Draw the world of tomorrow
Over 300 landscape projects Around the world are gathered in this work which explores the links between nature and architecture.
Architecture and nature, under the direction of Chris Van Uffen, Citadelles & Mazenod, 448 p., 95 €. DR
If the theme May seem to be rebuilt, this book tries out to exhaustiveness: the Parc des Ateliers (Luma), in Arles (13), the green roof of the IKEA store, in Copenhagen, the old sorting routes in Berlin-Schöneweide transformed into a walk or the biodiversity of the Piet Oudolf garden on the Vitra Campus, at Weil Am Rhein. So many responses to the climate crisis and the need to reconsider the place of man in his environment.
3 – Solidarity places of life
At the origin of this work, The authors’ will to question the received idea that the French only aspire to live in a detached house. Cooperative habitat projects are gathered here where sharing, solidarity and living together.
Living together, from Anne-Sophie Clémençon and Michel Bernard, the clandestine passenger, 272 p., € 29. DR
A collection of initiatives Who have gradually evolved towards ecological concerns, such as island 13, in Geneva, or the Convention, in Auch (32), which blow a wind of optimism favoring mutual aid, to end the everyone at home.
4 – Architectural defeats
Benjamin Leclercq looks back on ten misadventures Live by famous architects of the 20th century, and as many failures with multiple reasons: civil war, economic crisis, sling of residents, sudden death of the customer, ambient conservatism …
The architect’s ghost, Benjamin Leclercq, Parenthèses editions, 192 p., 24 €. DR
Surveys But also a rich iconography give reading a history of modern architecture, revisited in the prism of the disappearance: the Cardiff opera of Zaha Hadid in 1996 which never saw the light of the day where Frank Lloyd Wright who failed to build a resort in the desert in Arizona. The cause? The Krach of 1929 which signed the bankruptcy of the customer.
5 – Live differently
«Abrume», This is the name given to wild huts, called unaccompanied or free, that mark out the landscape and welcome passing walkers.
Abrunement, in the footsteps of free huts, Gauthier Delvert and Raphaël Guillemette, Ulmer editions, 216 p., 35 €. DR
United by passion Large spaces and hiking, the architects Gauthier Delvert and Raphaël Guillemette left for more than a year through France with the project to identify these constructions which open the way to other ways of living. A journey that they restore through this work punctuated by their photographs, but also of drawings which account for these structures.
6 – A new look
What should not be missed in Megève, in Blois or Dreux? Thick and compact, this work is an extremely complete guide that lists, region by region, city by city, all the buildings that have received the label Remarkable contemporary architecture allocated by the Ministry of Culture.
Remarkable contemporary architecture, collective work, Patrimoine editions, 816 p., 35 €. DR
It turns out to be a precious tool For all architecture enthusiasts in search of essential achievements, 1,700 across France. The opportunity to discover unknown and unexpected buildings, such as the grain silo of Charity-sur-Loire (58) or the prisoners’ chapel, in Morzine (74).
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