Product Description

The resurgence of interest in the landscape has produced this collection of essays by experts discussing recent developments; touching on themes of reclamation, urbanism, geometry, representation, and temporality.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #92597 in Books
• Published on: 1999-09-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .85" h x 6.07" w x 9.04" l, 1.09 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

From Library Journal
This highly theoretical collection of essays is based partly on a symposium held at the Architectural Association in London in 1994. In his introduction, Corner (landscape architecture, Univ. of Pennsylvania) nicely frames the book with discussions of the semantics of the word landscape and its further cultural connotations while also describing how it is regarded by preservationists and represented in advertising. The volume is divided into three parts: reclaiming place and time, constructing and representing landscape, and urbanizing landscape. The breadth of approaches is impressive, and the contributors ably describe the idea of landscape from a virtually infinite set of perspectives, from the sense of tactility to the distinctive site characteristics of airports. Nevertheless, this is recommended only for graduate-level collections in cultural and architectural theory.APaul Glassman, New York Sch. of Interior Design Lib.
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The Architects' Journal
A valuable collection of essays.

About the Author
James Corner is an associate professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He is co-author of the award-winning title Taking Measures Across the American Landscape.