The inspired landscape : twenty-one leading landscape architects explore the creative process / Susan Cohen ; foreword by Peter Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Susan, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape architects.

Landscape architects--Pictorial works.

Landscape architecture.

Landscape architecture--Pictorial works.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

268 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Twenty-one leading landscape architects explore the creative process

Place of Publication:

Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, Inc., 2015.

Summary:

Featuring the work of 21 landscape architects from around the world, The Inspired Landscape traces each project from the initial spark of creativity through its stunning completion. Lushly illustrated with original sketches, plans, and photographs, this invaluable resource will embolden designers to delve into the myriad sources that fuel the creative process.--COVER.

Contents:

Finding the muse: an introduction

Kreitman Plaza at Ben-Guiron University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel / Shlomo Aronson

The native plant garden at the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York / Sheila Brady

Sunnylands Center and Gardens, Rancho Mirage, California / James Burnett

Garden at the Musee du quai Branly, Paris, France / Gilles Clément

Old Quarry Residence, Guilford, Connecticut / Gary Hilderbrand

Dividing Cells, Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre, Inverness, Scotland / Charles Jencks

Discovery Green, Houston, Texas / Mary Margaret Jones

Crown Sky Garden, Chicago, Illinois / Mikyoung Kim

Landscape Park Duisburg Nord, Duisburg, Germany / Peter Latz

Gardens at Samukawa Shrine, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan / Shunmyo Masuno

Fulton Landing, Brooklyn, New York / Signe Nielsen

VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre, Vancouver, Canada / Cornelia Hahn Oberlander

The American Academy in Rome landscape redesign, Rome, Italy / Laurie Olin

Museum of Modern Art roof garden, New York / Ken Smith

Southwest Concourse at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts / Stephen Stimson

The walled garden at Broughton Grange, Northamptonshire, England / Tom Stuart-Smith

Capri Lounge Garden, Marfa, Texas / Christine Ten Eyck

Kitamachi Shimashima Park, Saitama, Japan / Ryoko Ueyama

Orpheus at Boughton House, Northamptonshire, England / Kim Wilkie

Hither Hill Garden, Montauk, New York / Thomas Woltz

Rice Campus, Shenyang Jianzhu University, Shenyang, China ; Red Ribbon Park, Qinhuangdoa, China / Kongjian Yu.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (page 255) and index.

ISBN:

9781604694390

1604694394

OCLC:

904715767