Thinking the Contemporary Landscape
Author | : Christophe Girot |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2016-10-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781616895594 |
ISBN-13 | : 1616895594 |
Rating | : 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
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.