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Coast. Country. Neighbourhood. City. Isthmus. / edited by Michael Barrett ; co-editors, Ralph Johns and Sarah Bishop.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextAuckland, New Zealand : Six Point Press in association with Isthmus, 2015©2015Description: 454 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780473325503
  • 0473325500
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.993 23
Contents:
Forword: Imagining Futures / Michael Barrett -- Between Here and There: Designing the Landscape in 21st Century Aotearoa New Zealand / Dr Jacky Bowring -- Boundaries / Gavin Lister -- Born from the Land / David Irwin -- Coast -- Country -- Neighbourhood -- City -- Isthmus.
Summary: Isthmus Group is an integrated landscape architecture, urban design and architecture studio that has been influencing the ways we experience the land and cityscapes of Aotearoa New Zealand for nearly 30 years. This is a compilation of 25 works that show how healthy ecologies and vibrant communities can be crafted in a way that represents the new New Zealand. From community-engendering suburbs and higher density, mixed-use Kiwi urbanism through to coastal landscapes that reconnect city and sea, this collection illustrates the development of design ideas in response to the contemporary issues facing New Zealand's cities and towns.
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Includes index.

Forword: Imagining Futures / Michael Barrett -- Between Here and There: Designing the Landscape in 21st Century Aotearoa New Zealand / Dr Jacky Bowring -- Boundaries / Gavin Lister -- Born from the Land / David Irwin -- Coast -- Country -- Neighbourhood -- City -- Isthmus.

Isthmus Group is an integrated landscape architecture, urban design and architecture studio that has been influencing the ways we experience the land and cityscapes of Aotearoa New Zealand for nearly 30 years. This is a compilation of 25 works that show how healthy ecologies and vibrant communities can be crafted in a way that represents the new New Zealand. From community-engendering suburbs and higher density, mixed-use Kiwi urbanism through to coastal landscapes that reconnect city and sea, this collection illustrates the development of design ideas in response to the contemporary issues facing New Zealand's cities and towns.

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