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Language: English
Published by Princeton Architectural Press, 1999
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- Title
- Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Architecture
- Publisher
- Princeton Architectural Press
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- acceptable
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1568981791
- ISBN 13
- 9781568981796
This work collects a number of essays that discuss why landscape is gaining increased attention in contemporary society, and what new possibilities might emerge from this situation. Themes such as urbanism, reclamation, infrastructure, geometry, and representation are explored in discussions ddrawn from developments not only in the United States but also in the Netherlands, France, India and Southeast Asia. The contributors to this book include Alan Balfour, Denis Cosgrove, Georges Descombes, Marc Treib, Alex Wall, and Sebastien Marot.
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About the Author
James Corner 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.
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