A landscape manifesto / Diana Balmori ; introduction by Michel Conan.
ISBN
9780300156584(cloth:alk.paper)
พิมพ์ลักษณ์
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010
เลขหมู่
SB472 .B35 2010
ลักษณะทางกายภาพ
xliii, 236 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm
หมายเหตุ
Contents: History and nature/nature and art : a new departure. Thepresent ; 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 roofto fifth fa็ade ; 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