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A landscape manifesto
- Title
- A landscape manifesto / Diana Balmori ; introduction by Michel Conan.
- Author
- Balmori, Diana.
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2010.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 18-1159 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Conan, Michel.
- Description
- xliii, 236 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JQF 18-1159
- ISBN
- 9780300156584
- 0300156588
- LCCN
- 2009011966
- OCLC
- 317118290
- Author
- Balmori, Diana.
- Title
- A landscape manifesto / Diana Balmori ; introduction by Michel Conan.
- Imprint
- New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2010.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Indexed Term
- Balmori, Diana
- Added Author
- Conan, Michel.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 18-1159