Landscape Modernism Renounced : The Career of Christopher Tunnard (1910-1979)

ISBN-13: 9780415497206 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 288 str.

David Jacques;Jan Woudstra

Opis

Before the Second World War, Christopher Tunnard was a landscape architect who championed the cause of Modernism. After the war however, he became alarmed by the destructive forces of post-war reconstruction and, between the 1950s and the 1970s, became a a vociferous advocate for civic preservation. and conservation.

Spis treści

The Landscape Profession in Britain and the USA.  Part 1: Biography  Britain.  America.  Part 2: Landscape and Urbanism  A Technique for the 20^th Century.  Landscape Design.  Civic Art and Design.  From Wisley to World with a View: the Metamorphosis of a Landscape Architect.