Vanguard Landscapes and Gardens

图书标准信息

• 作者 Tim Richardson 著
• 出版社 Thames & Hudson
• 出版时间 2004-04
• ISBN 9780500511312
• 定价 667.70元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 224页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

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OneofthemostexcitingandpopulardesignersworkingintheUnitedStates,MarthaSchwartzhasalmostsingle-handedlyredefinedthenotionofgardendesignandlandscapearchitecture.Withherbackgroundinprintmaking,theBoston-baseddesignerhasbroughtanentirelynewlanguagetoatraditionallyhorticulture-orientedprofession.EversinceherBagelGarden(1979)stirredcontroversyandattractedattention,shehasbeenatthevanguardofherfield,andherworkisnowcelebratedandinfluentialaroundtheworld.ThisisthecompletemonographofSchuwartz'scorpus,somefortyworks,mostlybuilt,fromtheUnitedStates,Canada,Japan,Germany,Sweden,Britain,andelsewhere.Ranginginscopefromidiosyncraticprivategardenstourbanplans,projectsarepresentedthroughbreathtakingphotographs,accessibledrawings,andplans.Schwartzdescribesherworkingpractices,givinguniqueinsightintothethinkingbehindherdynamicdesigns.Thecolorful,unconventional,andwiderangingnatureofSchwartz'sworkwillappealtoaprofessionalandtoanonprofessionalaudience,fromurbanplannerstoprivategardeners.