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Dans un livre-interview publié en mars, Mario Botta se raconte à cœur ouvert. Ses conversations avec le journaliste et écrivain tessinois Marco Alloni permettent au lecteur de découvrir l'homme profond et modeste à la fois qui se cache derrière l'architecte de renommée mondiale.

Amy Lau's stunning interiors have a way of standing out. Whether the home is a simple Manhattan loft or an upscale country cabin, she has an impeccable way of blending color, pattern and texture. She uses...

In Form Follows Nature, edited by Rudolf Finsterwalder, you are treated to “an outline of the history of the human examination of nature and presents a perspective for further possible lessons from nature.” Wilfried Wang, for examples, gives a particularly scathing review of the Enlightenment and it contributions. From these critiques and histories a base is built to demonstrate how the forms and process of nature can be used to generate form. The book stresses that copying nature is charlatanism and misses the point. Architects must understand the underlying principles and not the end product to achieve success.