| Description |
xii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Penn studies in landscape architecture |
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Penn studies in landscape architecture.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of Illustrations ix -- Preface xi -- -- Introduction i -- Simon Swaffield -- -- PART I. THE NATURE OF THEORY IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 7 -- Landscape for Living (1950) 9 -- Garrett Eckbo -- How to Study Landscape (1980) -- J. B. Jackson -- Origins of Theory (1990) 19 -- James Corner -- Theory in Crisis (1991) 20 -- James Corner -- Situating Modern Landscape Architecture (1992) 21 -- Elizabeth Meyer -- -- PART II. DESIGN PROCESS 33 -- Design Process (1950) 35 -- Hideo Sasaki -- The Art of Site Planning (1984) 37 -- Kevin Lynch and Gary Hack -- An Ecological Method (1967) 38 -- Ian McHarg -- The RSVP Cycles (1969) 43 -- Lawrence Halprin -- Community Design (1974) 49 -- Randolph Hester, Jr. -- Site Design (1984) 57 -- Kevin Lynch and Gary Hack -- Creative Risk Taking (1983) 58 -- Steven Krog -- The Obligation of Invention (1998) 64 -- Bernard Lassus -- -- PART III. FORM, MEANING, AND EXPERIENCE 73 -- Form, Meaning, and Expression (1988) 77 -- Laurie Olin -- -- -- -- The Landscape of Man (1987) 80 -- Geoffrey and Susan Jellicoe -- New Lives, New Landscapes (1970) 82 -- Nan Fairbrother -- Cubist Space, Volumetric Space (1988) 84 -- Patrick Condon -- Minimalist Landscape (1997) 87 -- Peter Walker -- Must Landscapes Mean? (1995) 89 -- Marc Treib -- Place Recamation (1993) 102 -- Edward Relph -- Three Dimensions of Meaning (1994) 104 -- Robert Thayer -- Systems, Signs, and Sensibilities (1987) 108 -- Catherine Howett -- De/Re/In[form]ing Landscape (1991) 116 -- Peter Jacobs -- -- PART IV. SOCIETY, LANGUAGE, AND THE REPRESENTATION OF LANDSCAPE 123 -- The Language of Landscape (1998) 125 -- Ann Whiston Spirn -- The Hermeneutic Landscape (1991) 130 -- James Corner -- Reading and Writing the Site (1992) 131 -- John Dixon Hunt -- Landscape Narratives (1998) 136 -- Matthew Potteiger and Jamie Purinton -- Representation and Landscape (1992) 144 -- James Corner -- Landscape as Cultural Product (1984) 165 -- Denis Cosgrove -- The Expanded Field of Landscape Architecture (1997) 167 -- Elizabeth Meyer -- -- PART V. ECOLOGICAL DESIGN AND THE AESTHETICS OF SUSTAINABILITY 171 -- Design with Nature (1969) 173 -- lan McHarg -- The Granite Garden (1984) 173 -- Ann Whiston Spirn -- -- -- -- An Ecological Approach (1982) 175 -- Alan Ruff -- Design for Human Ecosystems (1985) 178 -- John T Lyle -- Can Floating Seeds Make Deep Forms? (1991) 188 -- John T Lyle -- Gray World, Green Heart (1994) 189 -- Robert Thayer -- Messy Ecosystems, Orderly Frames (1995) 196 -- Joan Iverson Nassauer -- -- PART VI. INTEGRATING SITE, PLACE, AND REGION 207 -- Principles for Regional Design (1990) 209 -- Michael Hough -- Signature-Based Landscape Design (1997) 213 -- Joan Woodward -- Gardens from Region (1990) 216 -- Terry Harkness -- Infrastructure as Landscape (1996) 220 -- Gary Strang -- Conclusion: The Theoretical Terrain of Landscape Architecture 227 -- Simon Swaffield -- -- -- Notes 231 -- Credits 257 -- Index 261 -- Acknowledgments 267 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- List of Illustrations ix -- Preface xi -- -- Introduction i -- Simon Swaffield -- -- PART I. THE NATURE OF THEORY IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 7 -- Landscape for Living (1950) 9 -- Garrett Eckbo -- How to Study Landscape (1980) -- J. B. Jackson -- Origins of Theory (1990) 19 -- James Corner -- Theory in Crisis (1991) 20 -- James Corner -- Situating Modern Landscape Architecture (1992) 21 -- Elizabeth Meyer -- -- PART II. DESIGN PROCESS 33 -- Design Process (1950) 35 -- Hideo Sasaki -- The Art of Site Planning (1984) 37 -- Kevin Lynch and Gary Hack -- An Ecological Method (1967) 38 -- Ian McHarg -- The RSVP Cycles (1969) 43 -- Lawrence Halprin -- Community Design (1974) 49 -- Randolph Hester, Jr. -- Site Design (1984) 57 -- Kevin Lynch and Gary Hack -- Creative Risk Taking (1983) 58 -- Steven Krog -- The Obligation of Invention (1998) 64 -- Bernard Lassus -- -- PART III. FORM, MEANING, AND EXPERIENCE 73 -- Form, Meaning, and Expression (1988) 77 -- Laurie Olin -- -- -- -- The Landscape of Man (1987) 80 -- Geoffrey and Susan Jellicoe -- New Lives, New Landscapes (1970) 82 -- Nan Fairbrother -- Cubist Space, Volumetric Space (1988) 84 -- Patrick Condon -- Minimalist Landscape (1997) 87 -- Peter Walker -- Must Landscapes Mean? (1995) 89 -- Marc Treib -- Place Recamation (1993) 102 -- Edward Relph -- Three Dimensions of Meaning (1994) 104 -- Robert Thayer -- Systems, Signs, and Sensibilities (1987) 108 -- Catherine Howett -- De/Re/In[form]ing Landscape (1991) 116 -- Peter Jacobs -- -- PART IV. SOCIETY, LANGUAGE, AND THE REPRESENTATION OF LANDSCAPE 123 -- The Language of Landscape (1998) 125 -- Ann Whiston Spirn -- The Hermeneutic Landscape (1991) 130 -- James Corner -- Reading and Writing the Site (1992) 131 -- John Dixon Hunt -- Landscape Narratives (1998) 136 -- Matthew Potteiger and Jamie Purinton -- Representation and Landscape (1992) 144 -- James Corner -- Landscape as Cultural Product (1984) 165 -- Denis Cosgrove -- The Expanded Field of Landscape Architecture (1997) 167 -- Elizabeth Meyer -- -- PART V. ECOLOGICAL DESIGN AND THE AESTHETICS OF SUSTAINABILITY 171 -- Design with Nature (1969) 173 -- lan McHarg -- The Granite Garden (1984) 173 -- Ann Whiston Spirn -- -- -- -- An Ecological Approach (1982) 175 -- Alan Ruff -- Design for Human Ecosystems (1985) 178 -- John T Lyle -- Can Floating Seeds Make Deep Forms? (1991) 188 -- John T Lyle -- Gray World, Green Heart (1994) 189 -- Robert Thayer -- Messy Ecosystems, Orderly Frames (1995) 196 -- Joan Iverson Nassauer -- -- PART VI. INTEGRATING SITE, PLACE, AND REGION 207 -- Principles for Regional Design (1990) 209 -- Michael Hough -- Signature-Based Landscape Design (1997) 213 -- Joan Woodward -- Gardens from Region (1990) 216 -- Terry Harkness -- Infrastructure as Landscape (1996) 220 -- Gary Strang -- Conclusion: The Theoretical Terrain of Landscape Architecture 227 -- Simon Swaffield -- -- -- Notes 231 -- Credits 257 -- Index 261 -- Acknowledgments 267 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
Landscape architecture. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81069666
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| Subject |
Landscape architecture.
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| Author |
Swaffield, Simon R.
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| LC no. |
2002019461 |
| ISBN |
0812218213 paperback |
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