On the Nature of Things
On the Nature of Things
Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary
Design methods and practice in landscape architecture form the focus of this book, complemented by an analysis of the theoretical aspects of the subject. It spans the breadth of landscape design from post-ecological utopia to urban pragmatism.
The feel-good place to buy books
- Free delivery in Australia
- Supporting authors with AuthorSHARE
- 100% recyclable packaging
- Proud to be a B Corp – A Business for good
- Buy-back with Ziffit
On the Nature of Things by Gavin Keeney
Landscape architecture is a unique discipline where art, nature and the city converge and enter into an exciting dialogue. In the USA, the country of vast open plains and spacious towns, the great tradition of life in confrontation with nature plays an equally important role in landscape architecture as the acute problems of the built environment or social problems within the community. Design methods and practise in landscape architecture form the focus of this book, complemented by an analysis of the theoretical aspects of the subject. Perceptive portraits of 13 offices span the whole breadth of landscape design, from the post-ecological utopia of Michael Sorkin (New York/Vienna) to the urban pragmatism of the Roma Design group (San Francisco), from the ecological approach of the Philadelphia group Andropogon, also active in Japan, to the minimalist landscape art of Kathryn Gustafson (Seattle/London/Paris). The author is a freelance landscape architect in New York. His detailed knowledge of the contempo
Gavin Keeney is an editor, writer, and critic based in New York, New York, USA. He is the author of Art as Night: An Art-Theological Treatise (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010), a survey and critique of meta-painting from Velazquez to Gerhard Richter. He has taught in architecture schools in the USA and Australia and is the Creative Director of Agence 'X' (an editorial and artists' and architects' re-representation bureau established in 2007). His current research concerns theories of visual agency in art and architecture.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9783764361921 |
| ISBN 10 | 3764361921 |
| Title | On the Nature of Things |
| Author | Gavin Keeney |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Birkhauser Verlag AG |
| Year published | 2000-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 184 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |