Four publishing houses are joining FMSH Diffusion
La Commune (October 2025), Éditions de la Villette, Créaphis and the journal Inflexions (January 2026) are developing original catalogues that illustrate the influence of the humanities and social sciences in a variety of fields, combining research, creativity and public debate. Essays, reference works, experimental books, coffee table books and journals: this diversity of formats enriches our editorial offering. The first three publishers in particular enable FMSH Diffusion to open a dedicated Architecture-Urban Planning section, thereby strengthening our presence in bookshops.
La Commune publishing
Founded in Paris in 2013, La Commune is an independent publishing house focused on publishing works on architecture, urban planning, territory and experience. Inspired by the Paris Commune, its name pays tribute to creative freedom and collective emancipation.
Since its inception, La Commune has explored urban landscapes and their architecture, combining the voices of research, poetry, cartography, photography and drawing.
La Villette publishing
La Villette publishing was founded in 1980 by the Paris la Villette School of Architecture and publishes works on architecture, cities and landscapes, aimed at both specialists and amateurs. The spatial arts are given pride of place and are approached from a variety of perspectives, in the form of essays, textbooks, anthologies and summaries. La Villette's catalogue also includes reissues of works that have had a considerable impact on the discipline.
The catalogue contains over 200 books.
Créaphis
A highly regarded publishing house with a catalogue of nearly 250 titles published in just over 40 years, Créaphis is expanding its new Architecture-Urban Planning section, among other topics they work on in the humanities and social sciences, photography and even literature. The concept of cross-disciplinary work is at the heart of Créaphis's publications, which showcase the book as an object, ensuring that its physical form is in harmony with its content.
Inflexions journal
Since 2005, Inflexions journal, which publishes three issues per year, has sought to bring together civilian and military perspectives in order to foster new thinking about the actions of the armed forces. It is neither an academic journal nor a traditional institutional publication, and even less a communication tool. Supported by the British Army, Inflexions aims to open a dialogue with researchers from all disciplines and to bring together different, and sometimes divergent, opinions through a free and stimulating exchange of ideas, without any institutional message.
With 61 issues published, Inflexions has become a leading journal.
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