TY  - BOOK
AU  - Balmori,Diana
AU  - Conan,Michel
TI  - A landscape manifesto
SN  - 0300156588
AV  - SB472 .B35 2010
U1  - 712 22
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Balmori, Diana.
KW  - Landscape architecture
N1  - 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
ER  -