An art of instrumentality : the landscape architecture of Richard Weller / Richard Weller ; foreword by Jillian Walliss ; afterword by Dirk Sijmons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weller, Richard, author.

Sijmons, Dirk, Author of afterword, colophon, etc.

Contributor:

Walliss, Jillian, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weller, Richard.

Landscape architecture.

landscape architecture (discipline).

Physical Description:

260 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Novato, CA : ORO Editions, [2023]

Summary:

Through selected works this monograph showcases the design work and research of leading landscape architect Richard Weller, Chair of Landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. The book documents the evolution of Weller's practice from small scale artworks to planning megaregions, including his latest proposal for a World Park. With essays by Jillian Walliss and Dirk Sijmons as well as his own writing, the book explains Weller's methods and motivations; a unique window on to the ways in which the discipline of landscape architecture has matured over the last 40 years. Through a carefully curated selection of work, the book makes the case that landscape architecture is at best "art of instrumentality."--Publisher's description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1957183624

9781957183626

OCLC:

1374814226