A landscape manifesto / Diana Balmori ; introduction by Michel Conan.
Material type: TextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: xliii, 236 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0300156588
- 9780300156584
- 712 22
- SB472 .B35 2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
History and nature/nature and art : a new departure. The present ; History ; Nature and art ; Historical achievements and contemporary failures : the american lawn ; Retrieving past achievements : hedgerows, espaliers, sunken gardens -- Transformations : overcoming the past. The ecological transformation of human-made forms ; From green corridor to thick edge : the linear park ; From roof to fifth façade ; From ditches to rain gardens ; From drainage pipes to stormwater parks ; Inscribing urban forms in the larger geographical context ; Accommodating natural processes in cities ; Making temporary landscapes ; Straddling borders : Jordan River Peace Park ; Conclusion : searching for the present -- Interweaving architecture, landscape, and city. Interface ; Aesthetics ; From thin to thick edge ; Embedding the city in nature.
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