Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Preface: Buildings and Trees 6
4. 1 Introduction 10
5. 2 Botanical Foundations 26
6. 3 Techniques and Tree Species 62
7. 4 Fusion of Trees and Buildings 98
8. 5 How Living Structures Interact with Their Environment 110
9. 6 Designing with Trees and Time 122
10. 7 Utopias and Visions: Living Architecture between Science and Fiction 174
11. 8 Vers une Arbotecture: Towards a Future Tree Architecture 188
12. Appendix 210