On Site. Landscape Architecture Europe.

Landscape Architecture Europe Foundation (Hg.)

ISBN 10: 3764389508 / ISBN 13: 9783764389505

Published by Basel, Birkhäuser, 2009, 1. Aufl., 2009

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Pappband, 261 Seiten. Quartformat (ca. 32,5 x 24,5 cm). Leichte Gebrauchsspuren, insgesamt gutes Exemplar. Englische Sprache Gewicht: 2010.

Seller Inventory # 117202

Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Site. Landscape Architecture Europe.
• Publisher: Basel, Birkhäuser, 2009, 1. Aufl.
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764389508
• ISBN 13: 9783764389505
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architektur

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Synopsis

Europeans no longer develop their towns on unspoiled terrain but rather on former agricultural land. European landscape architectures’ response to the question how to address progressive urbanization of the landscape is thus: working not only on site but also with the geographic and historical characteristics of the site.

The European landscape is a narrowly enclosed, diverse, densely built, and domesticated space that is rich in brilliant landscape architecture.

On site presents pioneering projects and strategies in landscape architecture from Berlin to Bordeaux, from Akkarvikoden in Norway to Evora in Portugal. The projects are supplemented by essays on European cartography, the cultural landscape, the history of ideas in landscape architecture, the role of ideal landscapes, urban policies, and the pioneers from Portugal such as Francisco Caldeira Cabral and Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles.

The projects and texts have been selected by an independent jury of practicing landscape architects from various European countries and edited by a team of experienced European professionals, lavishly illustrated, and skillfully designed by the makers of the successful book Fieldwork: Landscape Architecture Europe.