When Modern Was Green: Life and Work of Landscape Architect Leberecht Migge

ISBN-13: 9780415561389 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 368 str.

David Haney

Opis

Using Leberecht Migge (modernist landscape architect) as a base, Haney creates a comprehensive history of German ecological design. Linking with modern ideas of 'green' design, this is a unique look at how one man changed the way planning could unite house and garden.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Architectonic Garden: c. 1900–1913  2. The Social Garden: c. 1913–1923  3. The Technological Garden: c. 1924–1929  4. The Biological Garden: c. 1930-1935  Conclusion

O autorze

David H. Haney is a lecturer in the School of Architecture at the University of Kent, UK. He studied architectural history and theory in the Yale University graduate program in architecture, and received his PhD in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests center on the relationship between landscape and architecture, and the history of ecological design. This work is the result of five years of research undertaken while living in Berlin.