Pioneers of American Landscape Design
Author | : Charles A. Birnbaum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Horticultural writers |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Charles A. Birnbaum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Horticultural writers |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Charles A. Birnbaum |
Publisher | : Department of Interior National Park Reservation Assistance |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
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.
Author | : Charles A. Birnbaum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Landscape architects |
ISBN | : 9780813941738 |
Shaping the Postwar Landscape is the latest contribution to the Cultural Landscape Foundation's well-known reference project, Pioneers of American Landscape Design, the first volume of which appeared nearly a quarter of a century ago. The present collection features profiles of seventy-two important figures, including landscape architects, architects, planners, artists, horticulturists, and educators. The volume focuses principally on individuals whose careers reached their height during the period between the end of World War II and the American Bicentennial. In that postwar era, landscape architects played an important part in the revitalization of American cities, introducing new typologies for public spaces in the civic realm. Among these were parks that capped freeways, plazas and gardens atop buildings, promenades on revitalized waterfronts, "vest pocket" parks on tiny urban plots and derelict sites, and pedestrian-friendly downtown malls. Practitioners were also active on the new suburban frontier, their influence extending as far as Levittown and mobile-home communities. They created new outdoor living environments tailored to the California climate, and their work shaped landscaped in the American South, East, West, and Heartland. At a time when interest in midcentury architecture is flourishing, Shaping the Postwar Landscape offers a substantial parallel contribution to the field of landscape studies. It belongs not only on the bookshelves of serious students and scholars but in the office of every landscape architect sensitive to significant works of the recent past.
Author | : Peter Walker |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780262731164 |
Invisible Gardens is a composite history of the individuals and firms that defined the field of landscape architecture in America from 1925 to 1975, a period that spawned a significant body of work combining social ideas of enduring value with landscapes and gardens that forged a modern aesthetic. The major protagonists include Thomas Church, Roberto Burle Marx, Isamu Noguchi, Luis Barragan, Daniel Urban Kiley, Stanley White, Hideo Sasaki, Ian McHarg, Lawrence Halprin, and Garrett Eckbo. They were the pioneers of a new profession in America, the first to offer alternatives to the historic landscape and the park tradition, as well as to the suburban sprawl and other unplanned developments of twentieth-century cities and institutions. The work is described against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the Second World War, the postwar recovery, American corporate expansion, and the environmental revolution. The authors look at unbuilt schemes as well as actual gardens, ranging from tiny backyards and play spaces to urban plazas and corporate villas. Some of the projects discussed already occupy a canonical position in modern landscape architecture; others deserve a similar place but are less well known. The result is a record of landscape architecture's cultural contribution - as distinctly different in history, intent, and procedure from its sister fields of architecture and planning - during the years when it was acquiring professional status and struggling to define a modernist aesthetic out of the startling changes in postwar America.
Author | : Elizabeth Hope Cushing |
Publisher | : Designing the American Park |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2014-08 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781952620232 |
In 1928, Arthur A. Shurcliff (1870-1957) began what became one of the most important examples of the American Colonial Revival landscape--Colonial Williamsburg, a project that stretched into the 1940s and included town and highway planning as well as residential and institutional gardens. Elizabeth Hope Cushing, in this richly illustrated biography, traces Shurcliff's route from early years and planning work in Boston to his largest and most significant contribution to American landscape architecture.
Author | : Robin S. Karson |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing |
Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
An important look at 140 prominent landscape architects and their work, this title is full of new and archival photos. Each entry includes biographical information, a discussion of the architect's approach and methodology, and representative plans and photos of major projects. The book emphasizes vital issues in landscape preservation and ecologically sound design. 400 illus.
Author | : Robin Karson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2013-08 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781952620218 |
In this lavishly illustrated volume, Robin Karson explores the development of a distinctly American style of landscape design. Analyzing seven country places created by some of the most imaginative landscape practitioners of the era in the context of professional and cultural currents, Karson draws a richly comprehensive picture of the artistic achievements of the period. Striking contemporary black-and-white photographs by Carol Betsch and hundreds of drawings, plans, and period photographs further illuminate their histories.
Author | : Nancy Lawson |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2017-04-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1616896175 |
In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
Author | : Charles A. Birnbaum |
Publisher | : Department of Interior National Park Reservation Assistance |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |