Thinking the Contemporary Landscape
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Methods & Materials, Landscape
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781616895594 | |
| Publisher: | Princeton Architectural Press | Publication: | October 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Princeton Architectural Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781616895594 |
| Publisher: | Princeton Architectural Press |
| Publication: | October 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Princeton Architectural Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
