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Thinking the Contemporary Landscape

Author : Christophe Girot

Publisher : Chronicle Books

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 17,31 MB

Release : 2016-10-25

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 1616895594

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On the heels of our groundbreaking books in landscape architecture, James Corner's Recovering Landscape and Charles Waldheim's Landscape Urbanism Reader, comes another essential reader, . Examining our shifting perceptions of nature and place in the context of environmental challenges and how these affect urbanism and architecture, the seventeen essayists in argue for an all-encompassing view of landscape that integrates the scientific, intellectual, aesthetic, and mythic into a new multidisciplinary understanding of the contemporary landscape. A must-read for anyone concerned about the changing nature of our landscape in a time of climate crisis.



Recovering Landscape

Author : James Corner

Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press

Page : 304 pages

File Size : 46,10 MB

Release : 1999-08

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 9781568981796

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The past decade has been witness to a remarkable resurgence of interest in landscape. While this recovery invokes a return of past traditions and ideas, it also implies renewal, invention, and transformation. Recovering Landscape collects a number of essays that discuss why landscape is gaining increased attention today, and what new possibilities might emerge from this situation. Themes such as reclamation, urbanism, infrastructure, geometry, representation, and temporality are explored in discussions drawn from recent developments not only in the United States but also in the Netherlands, France, India, and Southeast Asia. The contributors to this collection, all leading figures in the field of landscape architecture, include Alan Balfour, Denis Cosgrove, Georges Descombes, Christophe Girot, Steen Hoyer, David Leatherbarrow, Bart Lootsma, Sebastien Marot, Anuradha Mathur, Marc Treib, and Alex Wall.



Detail in Contemporary Landscape Architecture

Author : Virginia McLeod

Publisher : Laurence King Publishing

Page : 192 pages

File Size : 42,31 MB

Release : 2012-09-19

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 9781780670232

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Featuring many of the world's most highly acclaimed landscape architects, this book presents 40 of the most recently completed and influential landscape designs. Each project is presented with color photographs, site plans and sections as well as numerous consistently styled construction details. Intended for architects, engineers and landscape architects, the book will also be invaluable for architecture, garden and landscape design students, for whom it will be a resource not only for understanding the work of the best contemporary landscape architects, but also as a tool for their own design work.



Groundswell

Author : Peter Reed

Publisher : The Museum of Modern Art

Page : 172 pages

File Size : 45,87 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 9780870703799

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Greenwich Peninsula / Desvigne & Dalnoky. Garonne Riverfront Master Plan / Michel Desvigne. Fresh Kills Lifescape / Field Operations.



Contemporary Landscapes of Contemplation

Author : Rebecca Krinke

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 238 pages

File Size : 30,40 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 9780415700696

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A collection of essays by some of the most prominent scholars and designers in the field of contemplative landscape design, examining the principles involved in the creation of contemplative spaces, particularly in the West.



The Contemporary Garden

Author : Editors of Phaidon Press

Publisher : Phaidon Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 31,95 MB

Release : 2009-03-07

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 9780714849584

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A survey of 100 contemporary gardens, from the early 1920s to the present day.



Designing America's Waste Landscapes

Author : Mira Engler

Publisher : JHU Press

Page : 364 pages

File Size : 22,84 MB

Release : 2004-05-31

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 9780801878039

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Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America

Author : Arnold R. Alanen

Publisher : JHU Press

Page : 266 pages

File Size : 39,52 MB

Release : 2000-04-03

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 9780801862649

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Foreword : In search of the American cultural landscape / Dolores Hayden -- Considering nature and culture in historic landscape preservation / Robert Z. Melnick -- Selling heritage landscapes / Richard Francaviglia -- The history and preservation of urban parks and cemeteries / David Schuyler and Patricia M. O'Donnell -- Appropriating place in Puerto Rican barrios : preserving contemporary urban landscapes / Luis Aponte-Parés -- Considering the ordinary : vernacular landscapes in small towns and rural areas / Arnold R. Alanen -- Asian American imprints on the Western landscape / Gail Lee Dubrow -- Ethnographic landscapes : transforming nature into culture / Donald L. Hardesty -- Integrity as a value in cultural landscape preservation / Catherine Howett.



Contemporary Landscape Photography

Author : Carl Heilman

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 49,10 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Photography

ISBN : 9780817439682

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Amateur photographers interested in capturing stunning landscape images get up-to-the-minutes techniques and inspiration in this lushly illustrated guide from a master photographer. 300 full-color photographs.



Painted Landscapes

Author : Lauren P. Della Monica

Publisher : Schiffer Publishing

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 21,83 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Art

ISBN : 9780764343582

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This book explores American landscape painting today, its relevance in the contemporary art world, and its historic roots. This volume profiles sixty individual living artists whose contributions distinguish important aspects of the genre and address land use, nature appreciation, and ecology through landscape painting. Encompassing every style from traditional realism (with a contemporary edge) to abstraction and non-objectivity, these contemporary artists range from today's art stars to emerging or regionally recognized talent in the eastern, western, and southwestern regions of the nation. An additional chapter addresses urban landscapes nationally. The range of styles and reputations presented creates an encompassing survey of the trends and enduring elements in this genre of painting and the art market today.