The Modern Landscapes of Ted Smyth
Title | The Modern Landscapes of Ted Smyth PDF eBook |
Author | Rod Barnett |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 243 |
Release | 2017-01-06 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1317563662 |
The modern period in landscape architecture is enjoying the fascinated appreciation of scholars and historians in Europe and the Americas, and new themes, new subjects and new appraisals are appearing. This book contributes to the conversation by focusing on the work of a singular designer who spent his entire career in a province of the North Island of New Zealand. Ted Smyth practiced an assured landscape modernism without ever seeing the designs of his forebears or his contemporaries working in the UK, Europe and the United States. Designing in isolation from the mainstream of modernism, and a little after its high tide, Smyth produced a series of gardens that provoke a revaluation of the diffusionist model of influence. The book explains and describes the evolution of Smyth’s design vocabulary and relates it to the development of tropical landscape modernism in other Asia-Pacific sites. It shows how a culture of garden modernism can be generated from within a particular locale, and highlights Smyth’s engagement with Māori design traditions in search of a specific expression of the high modern essentialism of place.
Gardens for the Future
Title | Gardens for the Future PDF eBook |
Author | Guy Cooper |
Publisher | |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Gardens |
ISBN |
The importance of the site, whether ecological, geological, or historical, is a significant influence on landscape architecture. And three twentieth-century garden designers - Luis Barragan, Isamu Noguchi, and Roberto Burle Marx - continue to inspire the evolution of contemporary landscape design." "Twenty case studies illustrating these themes, accompanied by color photographs, plans, sketches, and models, comprise the second half of the book."--BOOK JACKET.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. 2d Ed., Rev. and Enl
Title | Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. 2d Ed., Rev. and Enl PDF eBook |
Author | Avery Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 678 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
Gardens by Design
Title | Gardens by Design PDF eBook |
Author | Noël Kingsbury |
Publisher | Timber Press (OR) |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Gardening |
ISBN |
Filled with tips and ideas from some of the world's top garden designers suchas Beth Chatto, Piet Oudolf, Isabelle Greene, and James Van Sweden, this bookwill inspire the reader to create their own garden oasis. Includes photos andgarden plans.
Gardens Illustrated
Title | Gardens Illustrated PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 590 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Gardening |
ISBN |
Garrett Eckbo
Title | Garrett Eckbo PDF eBook |
Author | Marc Treib |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780520246829 |
A beautifully illustrated consideration of the life and career of modernist landscape architect Garrett Eckbo.
Therapeutic Landscapes
Title | Therapeutic Landscapes PDF eBook |
Author | Allison Williams |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 399 |
Release | 2017-05-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1317010809 |
The therapeutic landscape concept, first introduced early in the 1990s, has been widely employed in health/medical geography and gaining momentum in various health-related disciplines. This is the first book published in several years, and provides an introduction to the concept and its applications. Written by health/medical geographers and anthropologists, it addresses contemporary applications in the natural and built environments; for special populations, such as substance abusers; and in health care sites, a new and evolving area - and provides an array of critiques or contestations of the concept and its various applications. The conclusion of the work provides a critical evaluation of the development and progress of the concept to date, signposting the likely avenues for future investigation.