LAN—29 Projects is the first monograph from Paris-based firm Local Architecture Network, gathering 29 key designs across France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Slovenia through photographs, model photos, drawings, and plans.
About This Book
Founded in 2002 by Benoît Jallon and Umberto Napolitano, LAN operates at the intersection of architecture and adjacent disciplines — social, urban, ecological, and functional — to produce work that resists easy categorisation. This monograph does not simply catalogue completed buildings; it maps the intellectual territory of a practice whose typological range is genuinely broad, from intimate interventions to large-scale urban projects. Concise texts accompany each of the 29 projects, giving the book a lucid, working quality suited to practitioners and students of contemporary European architecture alike. For those already familiar with LAN's research through Paris Haussmann or Napoli Super Modern, this volume closes the loop between built and theoretical work.
Key Features
- 338 pages of project photography, model documentation, architectural drawings, and plans across 29 designs
- Authors: Benoît Jallon and Umberto Napolitano
- Projects realised across France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Slovenia, with additional work in the Middle East and Japan
- Published by Park Books, 2020
What You'll Discover
- How LAN navigates a deliberately wide typological range — from varying scales of residential to civic and cultural programmes — without sacrificing a coherent design position
- The firm's method of working across disciplinary boundaries to generate unconventional responses to ecological and social briefs
- The relationship between LAN's built output and the urban research practice that produced Paris Haussmann and Napoli Super Modern
- An overview of contemporary French architecture practice operating across multiple European contexts and beyond
About the Author
Benoît Jallon and Umberto Napolitano co-founded LAN (Local Architecture Network) in Paris in 2002, building a practice premised on cross-disciplinary architectural research. Beyond their award-winning built work across Europe and internationally, the pair have earned recognition for their research publications, including Paris Haussmann (2017/2020) and Napoli Super Modern (2020).
Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 338
- Dimensions: 20 x 27 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783038602842
- Publisher: Park Books
- Publication Date: 2020
Perfect For: Architects and students of contemporary European practice, researchers in urban typology and cross-disciplinary design, and those building a collection of serious practice monographs.