Ian McHarg and the Search for Ideal Order

ISBN-13: 9781138681729 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 296 str.

Kate John-Alder

Opis

Kate John-Alder explores McHarg’s formative years, and investigates how his ideas developed in both their complexity and scale.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Early Affinities  1. Experience and Education  2. Housing and the Humane City  Part 2: The Place of Nature  3. Space, Time, and Being  4. First Principles  5. The House We Live In  6. The Ecology of the City  7. Toward a New Landscape  Part 3: Implementing Order  8. City and Countryside  9. Natural Beauty  10. Health and Pathology  11. Fit, Fitting and Most Fit  Part 4: The Patterns of Paradise  12. Pardisan

O autorze

Kathleen John–Alder is Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers University. A practicing landscape architect with degrees from Oberlin College, Rutgers University, and Yale School of Architecture, her scholarly research bridges disciplinary boundaries in order to explore the transformative role of ecology and environmentalism in the discourse of mid-twentieth century landscape design, and its impact upon contemporary practice. Kathleen has published articles in Landscape Journal, The Journal of Planning History, JOLA, Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, Site/Lines, and Manifest. Her work has also received design and research awards from the Van Alan Institute, the National Park Service, and the American Society of Landscape Architects.