Reimagining urban life through nature

Naturalizing Architecture, the new monograph on Koichi Takada Architects written by Philip Jodidio and published by Rizzoli New York, arrives at a moment when the role of architecture in shaping human wellbeing feels more urgent than ever. Known for projects that blur the line between nature and the built environment, Takada uses this second volume to articulate a clear progression in his thinking: cities can no longer be conceived as systems that exclude nature, but as places where it must be r