Landscape Architecture: A Definition and a Resume of Its Past and Present

Stephen Child

ISBN 10: 1330463609 / ISBN 13: 9781330463604

Published by Forgotten Books, 2018

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Print on Demand. This book sculpts an enlightening landscape of the field of landscape architecture, examining its principles, history, and role in shaping the spaces we inhabit. The author traces the discipline's evolution from ancient Egypt to the present day, highlighting the contributions of notable designers and the influence of various cultural contexts. The book delves into the distinctions between landscape gardening and landscape architecture, emphasizing the latter's focus on comprehensive land design that encompasses both aesthetics and functionality. It explores the key principles of landscape architecture, such as unity, scale, and the integration of natural elements, and illustrates their application in renowned projects like Central Park and the Italian Renaissance villas. Moreover, the book emphasizes the importance of landscape architecture in addressing contemporary issues such as urban planning, public health, and environmental sustainability. It showcases how landscape architects are creating livable and sustainable cities by designing parks, greenways, and other public spaces that enhance both human well-being and the natural environment. This book is an invaluable guide for anyone interested in understanding the art and science of landscape architecture. Its rich historical insights, practical examples, and exploration of the profession's relevance in the present day make it an essential read for students, practitioners, and enthusiasts alike. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Landscape Architecture: A Definition and a Resume of Its Past and Present
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330463609
• ISBN 13: 9781330463604
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: print-on-demand item
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

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Excerpt from Landscape Architecture: A Definition and a Resume of Its Past and Present

In the process of the development of mankind there has been noticeable a constantly increasing tendency toward differentiation and specialization, each step in the process being a slow one, and, as a rule, taken at first by some man or group of men trained in some other line. In this way have come about many new forms or fields of work, each adapted more or less from others of a previous and perhaps lesser civilization. Each new profession, or branch from an older one, demanded and received a new cognomen. This process of differentiation has developed more or less clearly defined groups of men, as, for example, the professions of the ministry, medicine, law, civil engineering, architecture and so on.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.