{"product_id":"botanical-architecture-plants-buildings-and-us-9781789149272","title":"Botanical Architecture: Plants, Buildings and Us","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn original call to reorient architecture around our relationship to plants.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When we look at trees, we see a form of natural architecture, and yet we have seemingly always exploited trees to make new buildings of our own. Whereas a tree creates its own structure, humans generally destroy other things to build, with increasingly disastrous consequences. In \u003ci\u003eBotanical Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Dobraszczyk looks closely at how elements of plants--seeds, roots, trunks, branches, leaves, flowers, and canopies--compare with and constitute human-made buildings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Given the omnipresence of plant life in and around our structures, Dobraszczyk argues that we ought to build as much for plants as for ourselves, understanding that our lives are always totally dependent on theirs. \u003ci\u003eBotanical Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e offers a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Dobraszczyk\u003c\/b\u003e is an architectural writer and a lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London. His books include \u003ci\u003eAnimal Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Reaktion Books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51175186268434,"sku":"9781789149272","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2397abc5-5c54-49fb-bf69-869f89287159.jpg?v=1744287963","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/botanical-architecture-plants-buildings-and-us-9781789149272","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}