Illustrated History of Landscape Design
Illustrated History of Landscape Design

Author: Elizabeth Boults

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-02-12

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9780470640074

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A visual journey through the history of landscape design For thousands of years, people have altered the meaning of space by reshaping nature. As an art form, these architectural landscape creations are stamped with societal imprints unique to their environment and place in time. Illustrated History of Landscape Design takes an optical sweep of the iconic landscapes constructed throughout the ages. Organized by century and geographic region, this highly visual reference uses hundreds of masterful pen-and-ink drawings to show how historical context and cultural connections can illuminate today's design possibilities. This guide includes: Storyboards, case studies, and visual narratives to portray spaces Plan, section, and elevation drawings of key spaces Summaries of design concepts, principles, and vocabularies Historic and contemporary works of art that illuminate a specific era Descriptions of how the landscape has been shaped over time in response to human need Directing both students and practitioners along a visually stimulating timeline, Illustrated History of Landscape Design is a valuable educational tool as well as an endless source ofinspiration.

Gardens and the Picturesque
Gardens and the Picturesque

Author: John Dixon Hunt

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 9780262581318

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A collection of Hunt's essays, many previously unpublished, dealing with the ways in which men and women have given meaning to gardens and landscapes, especially with the ways in which gardens have represented the world of nature "picturesquely".

The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens
The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens

Author: Linda A. Chisholm

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2018-07-10

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 1604695293

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“Rich with photographs and descriptions of how landscape design has shaped and reflected culture over time.” —The American Gardener The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens explores the defining moments in garden design. Through profiles of 100 of the most influential gardens, Linda Chisholm explores how social, political, and economic influences shaped garden design principles. The book is organized chronologically and by theme, starting with the medieval garden Alhambra and ending with the modern naturalism of the Lurie Garden. Sumptuously illustrated, The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens is a comprehensive resource for garden designers and landscape architects, design students, and garden history enthusiasts.

Landscape Design
Landscape Design

Author: Elizabeth Barlow Rogers

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13:

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From ancient Egyptian royal cemeteries to great 18th-century English estates and the earth works of today, this volume spans the history of landscape design, revealing a great deal about the development of societies, and how cities, parks and gardens embody cultural values.

The Course of Landscape Architecture
The Course of Landscape Architecture

Author: Christophe Girot

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2016-04-26

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0500342970

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The first significant history of human intervention on the landscape since Geoffrey Jellicoe’s Landscape of Man, originally published in 1975 In many ways the history of civilization is a history of humans’ relationship with nature. Starting from the dual inclination to clear land for cultivation and to enclose space for protection—the forest clearing and the walled garden—there emerges a vital and multifaceted narrative that describes our cultural relationship to, and dependence on, the landscape. Christophe Girot sets out to chronicle this history, drawing on all aspects of mankind’s creativity and ingenuity. In twelve chapters, he brings together the key stories that have shaped our man-made landscapes. Each chapter consists of a thematic essay that ties together the central developments, as well as a case study illustrated with specially commissioned photographs and meticulously detailed 3D re–creations showing the featured site in its original context. The result of over two decades of teaching experience and academic research at one of the world’s leading universities, The Course of Landscape Architecture will reach international students and professionals. But its wealth of visual material, the wide range of its cultural references and the beauty of the landscapes it features will attract the interest of all who desire to enrich their understanding of how our landscapes have been formed, and how we relate to them.

Women in Landscape Architecture
Women in Landscape Architecture

Author: Louise A. Mozingo

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2011-12-22

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 078648733X

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While many fields struggle to specify feminine contributions, the work of women has always played a fundamental role in American landscape architecture. Women claim responsibility for many landscape types now taken for granted, including community gardens, playgrounds, and streetscapes. This collection of essays by leaders in the discipline addresses the ways that gender has influenced the history, design practice and perception of landscapes. It highlights women's relation to landscape architecture, presents the professional efforts of women in the landscape realm, examines both the perception and experience of landscapes by women, and speculates on ways to re-imagine gender and the landscape.

Historical Ground
Historical Ground

Author: John Dixon Hunt

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780415814126

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Historical Ground is dedicated to understanding how contemporary landscape architecture invokes and displays historical events and narrative.

Midwestern Landscape Architecture
Midwestern Landscape Architecture

Author: William H. Tishler

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780252072147

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Generously illustrated, this collection profiles the bold innovators in turn-of-the-century landscape architecture who developed a new style of design celebrating the native midwestern landscape.

Environmentalism in Landscape Architecture
Environmentalism in Landscape Architecture

Author: Michel Conan

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780884022787

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The papers presented in this volume range from proposals for new design approaches, historical analysis of the relationship between the practice of landscape architecture and environmentalism, to the theories of early practitioners of landscape architecture imbued by an environmentalist outlook. The issues above are addressed through topics as eclectic as the design of American zoos, the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority, road design and maintenance in Texas, and criticism of relationships between the words and works of select landscape architects. This volume provides a fresh approach to encounters between environmentalism and landscape architecture by reframing the issues through self-reflection instead of strategic debate.