Gardens in the Modern Landscape
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Gardens in the Modern Landscape by Christopher Tunnard
Accompanied by an introduction by John Dixon Hunt, this facsimile fully reproduces the 1948 edition of Gardens in the Modern Landscape, a manifesto for the modern garden that deeply influenced twentieth century landscape design.
"A classic and seminal text that inspired a generation of students to change the world of landscape designFor architects and landscape architects alike, this book argued for a new aesthetic related to the art and times." * Laurie Olin *
Christopher Tunnard (1910-79) was born in Canada and lived and worked in England as a garden designer and landscape architect before emigrating to the United States. He taught in the Department of Architecture at Harvard and, shifting his focus after the Second World War, became head of the Department of City Planning at Yale. John Dixon Hunt is Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design and author of many books, most recently A World of Gardens and The Afterlife of Gardens, the latter also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780812222913 |
| ISBN 10 | 0812222911 |
| Title | Gardens in the Modern Landscape |
| Author | Christopher Tunnard |
| Series | Penn Studies In Landscape Architecture |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Year published | 2014-07-11 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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