Augmented Landscapes

Pamphlet Architecture

by Mark Smout, Gillian Rose (Text), Neil Spiller (Preface)

In 1977 Steven Holl and William Stout created a grittier alternative to mainstream architectural publishing called Pamphlet Architecture. With Holl's "Bridges," the landmark series was born, and for 30 years Pamphlet has served as soapbox and laboratory for such notable architects and theorists as Lebbeus Woods, Zaha Hadid, Lars Lerup, and Michael Sorkin. With its twenty-eighth installment, Pamphlet Architecture celebrates its thirtieth anniversary no less bold than when it began. "Augmented Landscapes" features a landscape architecture practice for the first time in Pamphlet history. London's Smout Allen presents five projects that respond to the way in which man has enlarged the landscape through architecture and infrastructure, manipulating and blurring perceptions of what is natural and what is artificial.

Genres: Architecture, Landscape Architecture

80 pages, Paperback

First published April 19, 2007

Reviews

[Annick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pamphlet is a publication-series that asks forward-thinking practitioners to present their work, topic in a specific way that has not been seen elsewhere (or not yet). I have two of this little publication particularly hard to find in France, unfortunately!!!!
This 28th volume is dedicated to British agency and think-lab Smout Allen. I read it years ago.
For this volume, the agency presents five projects that problem-address what they call 'augmented landscape' through architecture. If you have a chance, grab a copy.