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Barcelona is an emblematic example of how a European and Mediterranean city can be radically transformed. Starting from the eighties of the last century, through investment in contemporary architecture, tourism and advanced services, the city abandoned its traditional identity as an industrial centre.

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(Hardback)

Period photographs, plans and drawings combine with an authoritative text and contemporary photographs to provide a historical survey of America's first public park. The creation of Central Park is placed in the context of 19th-century American art and social history.

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A celebration of the building and the architecture of Federation Square, which has become one of Melbourne's most important landmarks, and a global triumph of architectural design. This commemorative edition documents the site of Federation Square, how the site has been used over time, planning of the CBD and more.

(Hardback)

A fantastic two thousand year history of Gardens around the world containing full colour photographs, and in-depth descriptions of the individual gardens, the people behind them, and their uses today.

(Hardback)

This book seeks to rejuvenate the urban jungle, looking for ways to transform the "concrete forest" into the "forest city" through the use of vertical green space.

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(Hardback)

Presents mature healing garden design theory and research, and typical cases. Through design guidelines and case analysis (design description, plan drawings and after-build photographs) this will be a great reference for designers.

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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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With all its different scales and variations, the landscape is conceived and constructed as an active resource for the future. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs, drawings and plans, this publication presents the author's projects divided into four sections: Energy landscape, Inhabiting nature, New trends and Nursery.

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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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Reaches into every corner of France, from Normandy to the Riviera, from Picardy to the Pyrenees, revealing in exquisite detail the full extent and exciting diversity of the modern French country garden.

(Paperback, Third edition, expanded and updated)

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.

(Hardback)

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.

(Hardback)

An account of the rise of Metroland, the area alongside the Metropolitan Railway. This is achieved with both the aid of history and personal anecdotes of what it was like to live there in the 1950s and 1960s. Its popularity was defined by other authors and film-makers including Julian Barnes and John Betjeman.

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There is a long tradition of comparing cities with organisms as they have similarities in their anatomy. In this book, through charts and maps generated from satelite images various city structures are compared across five different dimensions and their influence on the city's identity through the lived experience of the inhabitants is discussed.

(Hardback)

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

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

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.

(Hardback)

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.

(Hardback)

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.

(Hardback)

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.