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Landscapes of Privilegeby James Duncan; Nancy Duncan
Routledge 2003; US$ 42.95Focusing on an archetypal upper class American suburb, the authors look at how the aesthetics of physical landscapes are fully enmeshed in producing the American class system. more...
European Landscape Architectureby Ian H. Thompson; Torben Dam; Jens Balsby Nielsen
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 67.95With projects studied here that have won international and national acclaim, this book examines case studies from all over Europe and explores the relationship between the overall landscape architectural idea for a site and the design of details. more...
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associatesby Jane Amidon
Springer 2005; US$ 29.95In the field of landscape architecture, there is no more distinguished voice than Michael Van Valkenburgh, and it therefore seems appropriate that we begin this new "Source Books in Landscape" series with his recently completed Allegheny Riverfront Park project for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As part of the city's efforts to restore its downtown district and riverfront, Van Valkenburgh, along with artists Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercil, developed an ambitious plan to reform the wasted land along the river into an urban refuge. The celebrated collaboration between landscape architect and artist produced a thoughtful, useful, and beautiful park that has successfully renewed the city's core. "Source Books in Landscape Architecture",... more...
System Landschaft / Landscape as a System: Zeitgenössische deutsche Landschaftsarchitektur / Contemporary German Landscape Architecture (German and English Edition)by Bund Deutscher; Bund Deutscher
Springer 2009; US$ 74.95Landschaft" wird heute immer stärker als komplexes System begriffen: Biotope und Wasserkreisläufe, Freiräume und Bauten, Nachbarschaften und Wirtschaftsräume sind Komponenten dieses Systems. Eine solche Betrachtung des Landschaftsraums als gemeinsame Schnittstelle von sozialen, kulturellen, wirtschaftlichen und anderen Prozessen bringt beflügelt durch international geführte Fachdiskurse über Klimafolgelandschaften oder räumliche Konversion neue Strategien des Umgangs mit �kosystemen hervor. Das Buch analysiert und dokumentiert diese internationale Entwicklung sowie ihre Bedeutung für Landschaftsarchitekten, aber auch für Regionalentwicklung, Stadtplanung und Architektur. An zahlreichen aktuellen Planungen und anhand von Essays renommierter... more...
Public Spaces, Private Gardensby Lake Douglas
LSU Press 2011; US$ 29.95Landscape architect Lake Douglas employs written accounts, archival data, historic photographs, lithographs, maps, and city planning documentsùmany of which have never been published until nowùto explore public and private outdoor spaces in New Orleans and those who shaped them. The result, Public Spaces, Private Gardens: A History of Designed Landscapes in New Orleans, is the first in-depth examination of the cityÆs landscape history. Douglas presents this ôbeautiful and imposingö city as a work of art crafted by numerous influences. A survey from the colonial period to the twentieth century finds that geography, climate, and, above all, the multicultural character of the cityÆs residents have made New Orleans... more...
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