This volume presents for the first time a selection of eighty of the best landscape architects and land artists in the world (from Tadao Ando to Emilio Ambasz and from West 8 to James Turrell), represented by their works and their writings in a fascinating dictionary that covers the latest tendencies in contemporary architecture.
In the last decade the debate over the landscape has come to take a dominant position in international architectural culture.
Parks, open spaces, quality of life and public places are playing an ever greater part in the demands that society is making from architects and from public administrations, generating new experiences in planning, unexpected experiments and completely new professional roles.
The figure of the landscape architect has emerged alongside, and often replaced, that of the traditional architect, and the focus has shifted from the design of parks to the design of new cities.
This volume offers for the first time a broad selection of the world's best landscapers and their works, investigating the research that some architects and artists have carried out contemporaneously into public space and landscape.
Over eighty leading figures on the world scene, ranging from Tadao Ando to Emilio Ambasz and taking in Daniel Buren, Gilles Clement, West 8, Tony Cragg, Michael Heizer, Rem Koolhaas, Richard Long, Kazuyo Sejima and James Turrell, are represented by their works and their writings.
Projects realized for squares, public spaces, parks and private gardens are supplemented by a series of sections devoted to each of the authors, providing further discussions of their work and offering a clear and concise guide to a new and rapidly expanding sphere of design.
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