In changing the rhythms, dynamics and workings of what we call our natural environment, it becomes our foremost ambition to comprehend planetary processes and its entanglement with our anthropocenic activities. ...

The focus of the Hungarian architecture practice, 3h architects, which was founded in 1994 by Katalin Csillag and Zsolt Gunther, is on the sensitive transformation of urban spaces and historic ...

In recent years, perspective views have swept into the foreground in the field of landscape architecture. They have become the showpiece of any new design project, frequently overshadowing the plan ...

Designing gardens, parks and landscapes requires a holistic approach. It also requires extensive specialist knowledge. In courses and manuals the generalist or in-depth levels are frequently under - represented, or ...

The complex story of modern landscape architecture remains to be written, as does its precise definition. Thinking a Modern Landscape Architecture, West & East, written by one of the field's ...

La arquitectura ha encontrado siempre un campo de experimentación fundamental en la vivienda unifamiliar, cuando trasciende la simple imagen que todo lo iguala para crear una obra de arquitectura que ...

Peter Walker is one of the most seminal and prolific figures in contemporary landscape design worldwide - both as a teacher and as practitioner. Among his best - known works ...

This new collection of five clothbound volumes on Jean Prouvé (1901-84), iconic French architect and designer, provides a close examination of the plans and processes of a famed design mind. ...

Michel Desvigne is the most renowned French landscape architect in the world. Based in Paris, he has held guest professorships at such distinguished institutions as the Architectural Association in London ...

Urban Intervention présente une sélection rigoureuse de projets ayant transformé des rues, des parcs et des zones dégradées de villes du monde entier en des espaces publics extraordinaires. Les interventions ...

This is a book about contemporary Swedish landscape architecture, reflected through the work of the country's leading landscape designer Thorbjörn Andersson. Three essays by international writers open the book, elaborating ...

Landscape designers have long understood the use of plants to provide beauty, aesthetic pleasure and visual stimulation while supporting a broad range of functional goals. However, the potential for plants ...

Lukas Meyer and Ira Piattini have been operating from their architectural office in Lamone near Lugano since 1996. By now, they have produced an exciting, mature oeuvre that also represents ...

Aimed at students and instructors, alongside practitioners and researchers, in landscape architecture and its allied disciplinary fields, this book provides the reader with a clear framework of theoretical and practical ...

Plants are an important element in landscape architecture. The quality and effect of landscape are directly affected by planting design decisions. The book selects excellent landscape projects recently completed in ...

The Universidad de Piura Lecture Building, in Peru, surpasses the banal condition the program presupposes: that of a mere repetition of lecture rooms. The articulation of this group of buildings ...

The positive effects of urban green spaces are well-known, ranging from the promotion of health, support of biodiversity to climate regulation. However, the practical implementation of urban landscapes is less ...

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Kengo Kuma: Portland Japanese Garden introduces the star Japanese architect's first public project in the United States. Kuma won the Portland Japanese Garden invitational competition by proposing a design that, ...