The land is full : Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects / essays by Robert Pogue Harrison, Brent Leggs, Nina-Marie Lister, Thomas L. Woltz ; edited by Bradford McKee ; foreword by Andrea Wulf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, Robert Pogue, author.

Leggs, Brent, 1972- author.

Lister, Nina-Marie E., author.

Woltz, Thomas L., author.

Contributor:

McKee, Bradford, editor.

Wulf, Andrea, writer of foreword.

Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects.

Landscape architecture--United States.

Landscape architecture.

Landscape architects--United States.

Landscape architects.

Physical Description:

250 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 x 27 cm

Other Title:

Text embossed on cover: All land, urban or rural, wild or toxic, comes with a deep history. The land precedes us and will survive us. It holds eons in layered and complex mysteries. The land is full. It has no end of stories to tell us if we are patient enough to listen

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : The Monacelli Press, [2024]

Summary:

"A celebration of parks and public gardens by renowned landscape architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz, whose designs reflect the histories that are held in the land. Nelson Byrd Woltz (NBW) is one of the most in-demand and respected firms working in landscape architecture today with major commissions across the United States. This collection of twelve projects illustrates the power of design to create vital public realms at the heart of communities. Through the celebrated firm's process, ecological and cultural histories are revealed and integrated into meaningful public experiences. The firm has worked with exceptionally sensitive sites across the United States, including those that hold the vital histories of enslaved peoples, the rich cultures of indigenous peoples, and the natural habitats that have been threatened by infrastructure and construction. These projects are found across the firm's geographic reach. One, in southern Texas, is the revitalization of Memorial Park in Houston, a 1500-acre landscape that interweaves city infrastructure with a vibrant ecology. In the northeast, a burial ground adjacent to the Brooklyn Naval Yard has been reclaimed as a contemplative meadow filled with native plants, pollinators, and birds. And thousands of miles to the northwest, the Aga Khan Garden in Alberta, Canada, stands as a regenerative sanctuary in opposition to the surrounding landscape often battered by the pollutants, mining, and fire. The work of NBW is set in a broad context through the book's inclusion of authoritative essays by noted scholars, ecologists, and cultural historians. It articulates the central role of landscape architecture in reshaping public space to meet challenges of ecological and social resilience"--Publisher website.

Contents:

Foreword / Andrea Wulf

I. The land is full / Thomas L. Woltz ; Centennial Park : Nashville, Tennessee ; Bok Tower Gardens : Lake Wales, Florida ; Hudson Yards Public Square and Garden : New York, New York

II. Landscapes of care : designing for an ecology of empathy / Nina-Marie Lister ; Brooklyn Naval Cemetery Landscape : Brooklyn, New York ; Duke University Reclamation Pond : Durham, North Carolina ; The Ramble : Fayetteville, Arkansas

III. A purposeful pursuit of equitable interpretation / Brent Leggs ; Alethia Tanner Park : Washington, D.C. ; Machicomoco State Park : Gloucester County, Virginia ; Georgia Institute of Technology EcoCommons : Atlanta, Georgia

IV. The saving power / Robert Pogue Harrison ; Flight 93 National Memorial : Shanksville, Pennsylvania ; Aga Khan Garden : Edmonton, Alberta ; Memorial Park : Houston, Texas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1580936601

9781580936606

OCLC:

1430972115