| Description |
1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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Source books in landscape architecture ; 1 |
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Source books in landscape architecture ; 1.
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| Contents |
Data and chronology -- Conversations with Michael Van Valkenburgh -- Site plan -- Scissoring -- Hypernature -- Surface -- Conscious pragmatism -- Urban land -- Gallery -- Outside the self / Gary R. Hilderbrand -- Criticism / Ethan Carr and Erik de Jong |
| Summary |
In the field of landscape architecture, there is no more distinguished voice than Michael Van Valkenburgh, and it therefore seems appropriate that we begin this new ""Source Books in Landscape"" series with his recently completed Allegheny Riverfront Park project for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As part of the city's efforts to restore its downtown district and riverfront, Van Valkenburgh, along with artists Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercil, developed an ambitious plan to reform the wasted land along the river into an urban refuge. The celebrated collaboration between landscape architect and artis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 159) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Van Valkenburgh, Michael -- Interviews
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| SUBJECT |
Van Valkenburgh, Michael fast |
| Subject |
Landscape architects -- United States -- Interviews
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Landscape architecture -- United States
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ARCHITECTURE -- Landscape.
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GARDENING -- Garden Design.
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GARDENING -- Landscape.
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Landscape architects
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Landscape architecture
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| SUBJECT |
Allegheny Riverfront Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005000987
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| Subject |
Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Allegheny Riverfront Park
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Amidon, Jane
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| LC no. |
2005003475 |
| ISBN |
1568985045 |
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9781568985046 |
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9781568986623 |
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1568986629 |
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