ARCHITECTURE NOW! LANDSCAPE

Architecture beyond the walls
Designing the great outdoors

One of the hottest areas of contemporary design is landscape architecture. No matter what the architectural style of the moment, the green areas around houses, stadiums or corporate headquarters have taken on a considerable importance, all the more so with the emphasis on ecology and green design. This book calls on the work of the top designers of the moment, from Ken Smith, author of the Museum of Modern Art’s rooftop garden, to West 8 from Rotterdam, but also on architects ranging from Steven Holl to Tadao Ando, who have long been fascinated by the environments of their buildings. There are new names like the Lebanese landscape architect Vladimir Djurovic and well-known ones like Renzo Piano. There are established firms, like the Wirtz family from Belgium or Gustafson Porter from the United States, and young creators like Sophie Agata Ambroise from Lugano. The difference between architecture and landscape architecture is not always easy to define, but this new book opens the doors and windows of today’s architecture into the gardens of tomorrow.

Featured architects and practices include:
AECOM, Tadao Ando, Balmori Associates, Patrick Blanc, M. Caffarena / V. Cobos / G. Alcaraz / G. Delgado, Joao Luís Carrilho da Graça, Rodrigo Cervino Lopez, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Vladimir Djurovic, Peter Eisenman, Glavovic Studio, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, Gustafson Porter, Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Steven Holl, Martin Hurtado, James Corner Field Operations / Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Raymond Jungles, Lederer + Ragnarsdóttir + Oei / Helmut Hornstein, Maya Lin, Giovanni Maciocco, Michael Maltzan, Mecanoo, Fernando Menis, Eduardo de Miguel, Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, Catherine Mosbach, Yoshiaki Nakamura, NGBM Landscape Architects, Victor Neves, Nieto Sobejano, Officina del Paesaggio, OKRA, Palerm & Tabares de Nava, John Pawson, Renzo Piano, Plasma Studio, Shunmyo Masuno, Ken Smith, Taylor Cullity Lethlean, Luis Vallejo, Michael Van Valkenburgh, Weiss/Manfredi, West 8, Wirtz International, WORK Architecture Company

The author:
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His books include TASCHEN’s Architecture Now! series, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid. He is internationally renowned as one of the most popular writers on the subject of architecture.