Thinking the Contemporary Landscape

Thinking the Contemporary Landscape
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Publisher : Chronicle Books
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781616895594
ISBN-13 : 1616895594
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Book Synopsis Thinking the Contemporary Landscape by : Christophe Girot

Download or read book Thinking the Contemporary Landscape written by Christophe Girot and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the heels of our groundbreaking books in landscape architecture, James Corner's Recovering Landscape and Charles Waldheim's Landscape Urbanism Reader, comes another essential reader, . Examining our shifting perceptions of nature and place in the context of environmental challenges and how these affect urbanism and architecture, the seventeen essayists in argue for an all-encompassing view of landscape that integrates the scientific, intellectual, aesthetic, and mythic into a new multidisciplinary understanding of the contemporary landscape. A must-read for anyone concerned about the changing nature of our landscape in a time of climate crisis.


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