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A spectacular global survey of some of the world's most inventive buildings -- increasingly relevant in the face of climate change -- which bring architecture and horticulture into a sustainable wholeHow can our urban jungles be transformed into skyscraper forests that help our cities provide new forms of sustenance, from urban farms to breathing buildingsThe topic is increasingly in the public eye, and the answer is already cropping up on our streets. Garden City captures the growing global movement among contemporary architects for biodesigning buildings that are less structure and faade, more living entities, capable of being ecologically autonomous, horticulturally productive, and both pleasing to the eye and relevant to our day-to-day lifestyles.
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Author, journalist, curator. Co-founder of MONITOR magazine (2000-2012) , an international publication about innovations in contemporary architecture and design. Member of A10 New European Architecture Cooperative. Cross-disciplinary collaboration reshapes our cities, redefines our lifestyles, and creates possibilities for a synergy between humans, technology and nature. These new territories are open to exploration, and I'm thrilled to try and map some of them. To date, my books have been published in seven languages (English, French, Italian, Dutch, German, Chinese and Korean) and include "Marco Casagrande: Who Cares, Wins the 3G City" (2018, JFAA) ; "Multiverse" (2017, 5 Continents Editions) ; "Furnitecture", "Lumitecture", "Garden City" and "HomeWork" (2014-2018, Thames & Hudson) ; "Phase: the Architecture of Jakob MacFarlane" (2013, AADCU) , and "Eske Rex: Silent Action" (2013) .
