Design and Landscape for People: New Approaches to Renewal - Hardcover

Clare Cumberlidge; Lucy Musgrave

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500342334 ISBN 13: 9780500342336

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

Design and Landscape for People A new generation of planners from diverse backgrounds have sought creative ways of working with communities to build modern societies that reflect the needs and dreams of their inhabitants. This book explains the rise and success of this global sensibility. It includes important lessons and ideas for architects, planners and landscape designers.

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Review:

'Brimming with ideas... ideal for all those who care about the future of our society' -- Sustain

'Really interesting... a valuable sourcebook, with a collection of good photographs'
-- The Architects' Journal

Synopsis:

In the past decade, a new generation of planners from diverse backgrounds - architecture, landscape, even art and performance - have sought fresh, creative ways of working with communities to build modern and sustainable societies that reflect the needs and dreams of their inhabitants. This book presents and explains, for the first time, the rise and success of this new global sensibility. With important lessons and invaluable ideas for architects, planners and landscape designers around the world, this book - set to be the volume that establishes the agenda for going forward - is just as essential for anyone interested in the future of our countryside and cities.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0500342334
• ISBN 13: 9780500342336
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224