Architectural Book Awards 2025
"The Art of the Architectural Grafting" named Architectural Book of the Year!
The winner of this year’s Architectural Book Awards is Jeanne Gang’s The Art of Architectural Grafting!
The announcement was made at the awards ceremony and party held at Leighton House in Kensington, West London, on Wednesday 23 July.
Ms. Gang’s book was commended for both its “seriousness of purpose” and “welcome lightheartedness” in promoting a crucial message: the need no longer to knock down old buildings but to “graft” new additions onto what already exists, an idea that the judges hailed as having the potential to become a generational meme.
“In every way, this charmingly modest book punches above its weight, to massive effect,” the judges concluded in their tribute, “and we are delighted to name it our Architectural Book of the Year.”
About the author
Jeanne Gang is an American architect and founding partner of Studio Gang, with practices in Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Paris.
She is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, the American Institute of Architects, and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, as well as an Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour in France.
In 2025 Gang was named Architect of the Year by AW Architektur & Wohnen.
We are delighted and send our congratulations to all who contributed to this outstanding achievement!
In her book Jeanne Gang proposes applying the plant cultivation technique of grafting to architecture and urban design as a way of rethinking adaptive reuse and combatting climate change. Grafting is the process of connecting two separate living plants—one old and one new—so they can grow and thrive as one. This ancient practice continues to be performed today in search of more fruitful, palatable, and resilient varieties of plants.
Both English and French edition of The Art of Architectural Grafting were designed by Elektrosmog, Zurich (Marina Brugger and Marco Walser).
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