La presse architecturale, miroir actif de la préoccupation environnementale

• Main Authors: Christophe Camus, Béatrice Durand
• Format: Article
• Language: fra
• Published: Université Laval 2015-02-01
• Series: Communication
• Subjects: architecture; trade journal; ecology; environment; France
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/communication/5115

What are the effects of sustainability on the coverage of architecture in the specialized trade press ? This study was based on a decade-long (2000-2009) analysis of articles in French architecture trade publications. The authors document the appearance and development of ecology as a permanent fixture in these professional forums, along with the resistance and changes it provoked. They contend that the issue of long-term ecological balance has had a profound effect on how professional publications refer to architectural production. In other words, they explore how different ways of talking about an architectural feature actually contribute to its very existence.