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This reference is the architect's guide to all the basic graphics techniques used in landscape design and landscape architecture. It covers graphic language and the design process, the basics of drafting, lettering, freehand drawing and conceptual diagramming, and section elevations.

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In 2009, plans by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg to transform part of Broadway including Times Square into a pedestrian area caused a sensation, not just in the city but internationally. Based on a careful selection of projects, this volume presents the functional and design variety of these popular urban spaces.

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For over forty years, award-winning, Munich-based landscape architect has been guided by the idea of creating immersive experiences through the skilful manipulation of space. In this book, he examines the concept of spatial construction, open spaces, urban planning, and the critical role of music, nature and art.

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In the 1990s the landscape architect Peter Latz and his team designed and executed a park that transcended all fashions and trends. This volume provides insights into twelve years of planning and realisation through photographs, sketches, plans and explanations, and reveals to the reader a fascinating world in the footsteps of industry.

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Exploration of the strategies employed by innovative architects and designers, that make both the residential environment smart. Includes critical and informative essays, with detailed diagrams, photographs and explanatory commentaries.

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A comprehensive examination of sustainable urbanism principles and practices and speculates about its future.

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An explanation of how and why cities took the shape they did. It focuses on a number of themes - organic patterns, the grid, the city as diagram, the grand manner and the skyline - and interprets the hidden order of urban patterns. Photographs depict a global mosaic of citybuilding.

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In many ways the history of civilization is a history of our relationship with nature and landscape. Drawing on all aspects of mankind's creativity and ingenuity, and bringing together the key stories that have shaped our man-made landscapes, this title sets out to chronicle this intimate connection.

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This volume looks at the landscape of 28 cultures, ranging from ancient Mesopotamia to the present day, and shows how the environment is conditioned by the philosophy and religion of each civilization. A selection from Geoffrey Jellicoe's "The Atlanta Historical Garden" is included.

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A new structure within the context of the Venice Biennales theme How will we live together, The Majlis brings together an international array of individuals, cultural influences and artisanal skills

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Ian August was about to retire from his post as Estates Clerk of the Works when the Duchess of Northumberland approached him. She wanted to create a unique and innovative garden for the north-east, a place to be enjoyed by anyone. A long journey later, with many battles and millions invested, Ian and the Duchess have achieved their dream.

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Focus on the design and creation of wetland parks and botanic gardens.

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A compelling set of observations, reflections and insights into why architecture can and should have meaning, not just to students and practitioners but to everyone who inhabits the built world.

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MVVAs 23-year story of transforming 85 acres of Brooklyn waterfront into parkland that reconnects New Yorkers to the East River

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China Goes Urban proposes to change viewpoint, to look at reality rather than pigeonhole it in predefined categories and models.

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Through selected examples of company gardens from around the world, this volume reveals the great diversity present within this field of architecture; whether the garden is open to the public or dedicated to employees only, whether of part of a corporation or small company.

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This fundamental work provides an overview of the whole creative realm of contemporary landscape architecture. Every aspect of the design and production of these public and private spaces is thematized and elucidated.

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An all-in-one introduction to combining traditional drawing techniques with computer-aided design.

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Jacques Simon is a important link in the renewal of French landscape architecture. He works as often as possible in situ, since the eighties, he has also been creating transitory landscapes: with heavy and less heavy equipment, he brings patterns in fields, cultivated fields, snow-clad grounds, and so on. This title covers his work.

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A luminary in the field of international contemporary architecture, this highly anticipated monograph of Kengo Kumas work chronicles close to forty key works from around the globe.

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Human beings have been transforming Mediterranean landscapes into art for at least thirty thousand years. This multifaceted region. This book offers a vision of the Mediterranean, past and future, linking cultural diversity and natural balance as discovered in its gardens, landscape design, literature, art and architecture.

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