Landscape and Sustainability

Landscape and Sustainability
Author: John F. Benson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 601
Release: 2005-11-29
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1135804036

This unique book is about landscape, sustainability and the practices of the professions which plan, design and manage landscapes at many scales and in many locations; urban, suburban and rural. Despite the ubiquity of 'sustainability' as a concept, this is the first book to address the relationship between landscape architecture and sustainability in a comprehensive way. Much in the book is underpinned by landscape ecology, in contrast to the idea of landscape as only appealing to the eye or aspiring cerebrally to be fine art. As this book argues, landscape is and must be much more than this; landscape architecture is about making places which are biologically wholesome, socially just and spiritually rewarding.

Landscape and Sustainability

Landscape and Sustainability
Author: John Benson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2007-08-07
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 113413794X

This unique book addresses the issue of sustainability from the point of view of landscape architecture, dealing with professional practices of planners, designers and landscape managers. This second edition contains updated and new material reflecting developments during the last five years and comprehensively addresses the relationship between landscape architecture and sustainability. Much in the text is underpinned by landscape ecology, in contrast to the idea of landscape as only appealing to the eye or aspiring cerebrally to be fine art. Landscape and Sustainability establishes that the sustainability agenda needs a new mindset among professionals: the driving question must always be ‘is it sustainable?’ Developing theory into practice, from the global to the local scale and from issues of policy and planning through to detailed design and implementation and on to long-term maintenance and management, the contributors raise and re-examine a complex array of research, policy and professional issues and agendas to contribute to the necessary ongoing debate about the future of both landscape and sustainability.

Landscape and Film

Landscape and Film
Author: Martin Lefebvre
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2007-05-07
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1136334874

Landscape is everywhere in film, but it has been largely overlooked in theory and criticism. This volume of new work will address fundamental questions: What kind of landscape is cinematic landscape? How is cinematic landscape different from landscape painting? How is landscape deployed in the work of such filmmakers as Greenaway, Rossellini, or Antonioni, to name just three? What are differences between the use of landscape in Western filmmaking and in the work of Middle Eastern and Asian filmmakers? How is cinematic landscape related to the idea of a national cinema and questions of identity. The first collection on the idea of landscape and film, this volume will present an impressive international cast of contributors, among them Jacques Aumont, Tom Conley, David B. Clarke, Marcus A. Doel, Peter Rist, and Antonio Costa.

In Pursuit of the Natural Sign

In Pursuit of the Natural Sign
Author: Gayana Jurkevich
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1999
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780838754139

This is the first major study on Azorin to appear in two decades. The first part explores parallels between the cultural milieus in France and Spain when both countries lost their colonies in the second half of the nineteenth century. The second part studies the fiction and essays of Jose Martinez Ruiz (Azorin). Illustrated.

Noah's Garden

Noah's Garden
Author: Sara Bonnett Stein
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1993
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780395709405

Chronicle of the unmaking of a gardener with explorations into the ecology of backyard gardens.

Gardens of the High Line

Gardens of the High Line
Author: Piet Oudolf
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2017-06-14
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1604696990

“If you can't get to the High Line. . . this is the next best thing.” —The Washington Post Before it was restored, the High Line was an untouched, abandoned landscape overgrown with wildflowers. Today it’s a central plaza, a cultural center, a walkway, and a green retreat in a bustling city that is free for all to enjoy. This beautiful, dynamic garden was designed by Piet Oudolf, one of the world’s most extraordinary garden designers. Gardens of the High Line, by Piet Oudolf and Rick Darke, offers an in-depth view into the planting designs, plant palette, and maintenance of this landmark achievement. It reveals a four-season garden that is filled with native and exotic plants, drought-tol­erant perennials, and grasses that thrive and spread. It also offers inspiration and advice on recreating its iconic, naturalistic style. Featuring stunning photographs by Rick Darke and an introduction by Robert Hammond, the founder of the Friends of the High Line, this large-trim, photo-driven book is a must-have gem of nature of design.

The Landscape Designs of Doyle Herman Design Associates

The Landscape Designs of Doyle Herman Design Associates
Author: James Doyle
Publisher: Images Publishing
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2013
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1864705035

A beautifully illustrated compendium of show-stopping gardens ranging from highly structured style plantings and impressionistic meadows to more modern gardens and contemporary perspectives. Doyle Herman Design Associates is an award-winning landscape design firm whose work has been featured in a number of respected publications such as VERANDA, Wallpaper*, Gardens Illustrated, Garden Design, ELLE Décor and extérieurs, among many others. Based in Connecticut, the firm's work can also be found in various locations across the USA and around the world, including Europe and the Middle East.

Shaping the American Landscape

Shaping the American Landscape
Author: Charles A. Birnbaum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2009
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

A generous selection of illustrations, together with a list of surviving landscape sites accessible to the public, brings both the subjects and their art to life.