Landscape Architecture Now!

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. Landscape architecture may not always be easy to delimit, but this new book  opens the doors and windows of today’s architecture into the gardens of tomorrow.

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.