LA+: Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape Architecture - Softcover

Tatum L. Hands

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1941806597 ISBN 13: 9781941806593

Publisher: ORO Editions, 2015

Synopsis

LA+ WILD explores the concept of WILD and its role in design, large-scale habitat and species conservation, scientific research, the human psyche, and aesthetics. This issue of LA+ includes contributions drawn from disciplines as diverse as evolutionary ecology, biology, visual arts, bioengineering, landscape architecture, planning, architecture, climatology, environmental history, philosophy, and literature. It features essays by Timothy Mousseau and Anders Moller, Timothy Morton, Paul Carter, Richard Weller, Julian Raxworthy, Emma Marris, Stefan Rahmstorf, Stephen Pyne, Nina-Marie Lister, and Orkan Telhan, among others. It also includes a review of the New York s Rebuild by Design competition, and interviews with eminent ecologists Richard T.T. Forman and Daniel Janzen. The feature artist for this issue is Viennese bio-artist Sonja Baumel. LA+ (Landscape Architecture Plus) Journal from the University of Pennsylvania School of Design is the first truly interdisciplinary journal of landscape architecture. Within its pages you hear not only from designers, but also from historians, artists, lawyers, ecologists, planners, scientists, philosophers, and many more besides. LA+ aims to reveal connections and build collaborations between landscape architecture/urban design and other disciplines by exploring each issue's theme from multiple perspectives. The journal features a range of contribution types including essays, interviews, design criticism, graphic features, illustrations, and short-form pieces designed to provoke and inspire readers. LA+ Journal brings you a rich collection of contemporary thinkers and designers in two lavishly illustrated issues annually."

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About the Author:

Tatum Hands is Editor in Chief of LA+ Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape Architecture, produced at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. From 2003 to 2013, she was Director of a project consultancy specialising in parliamentary reporting on legislative, policy, and institutional evaluation and reform. She was co-editor of a national law journal for 13 years and has worked as a freelance publications editor and as a forensic editor for state and federal courts. Dr. Hands has also held positions as Executive Officer of the Law Reform Commission (WA) and as Judicial Associate to the Chief Justice of Australia. She has published widely in the areas of law and political theory.

About this edition

• Publisher: ORO Editions
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1941806597
• ISBN 13: 9781941806593
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100
• Editor: Tatum L. Hands