The Cultured Landscape: Designing the Environment in the 21st Century

ISBN-13: 9780419250302 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 192 str.

Sheila Harvey;Ken Fieldhouse;Sheila Harvey

Opis

A team of eminent practitioners and writers contribute to an assessment of the philosophy of landscape, and collectively form a new approach to creative design.

This book poses important philosophical questions about the aims, values and purposes of landscape architecture. The editors, highly regarded in their field, have drawn together a distinguished team of writers who provide unique individual perspectives on contemporary themes from a wide base of knowledge. Altogether, this key international study raises awareness of the landscape and encourages innovative ways of thinking about quality in design.

Spis treści

Foreword Alexander Garvin  Introduction Sheila Harvey  Part I: The Theoretical, Cultural, Philosophical Implications of Landscape  1. Landscape as a Way of Knowing the World Simon Swaffield  2. Music-Makers and the Dreamers of Dreams John Hopkins  Part II: Design Context  3. Making Places Different Alan Tate  4. Designer, Client and User Martha Schwartz  Part III: The Benefits of the Process and its Place in the Wider Environmental Agenda  5. Who Benefits from Landscape Architecture? Catharine Ward Thompson  6. The Environmental Agenda – A Personal View Merrick Denton-Thompson  Part IV: The Search for a Creative Way Forward  7. The Future: Landscape Design in the 21^st Century Peter Neal and John Hopkins

O autorze

Sheila Harvey, Ken Fieldhouse