Relating architecture to landscape [electronic resource] / edited by Jan Birksted
- Published:
- London ; New York : E&FN Spon, 1999.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Birksted, Jan, 1946- and NetLibrary, Inc
- Access Online:
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Contents:
- Introduction / Jan Birksted -- sect. 1. The modernist context: Introduction to Modern gardens (1953) / Sir Peter Shepheard -- sect. 2. Relating architecture to landscape through elements and materials: Time and temporality in Japanese gardens / Mara Miller ; Detailing and materials of outdoor space : the Scandinavian example / Jan Woudstra ; Playing with artifice : Roberto Burle Marx's gardens / Jacques Leenhardt -- sect. 3. Relating architecture to landscape through geometry, form and scale: External interior/internal exterior spaces at the Maeght Foundation / Jan Birksted ; A landscape 'fit for a democracy' : Jože Plečnik at Prague Castle (1920-1935) / Caroline Constant ; Tokyo as emblem of a postmodern paradigm / Augustin Berque ; The re-invention of the site / Thomas Deckker -- sect. 4. Relating architecture to landscape through collaborations: Architect and landscape architect working together : Scharoun and Mattern / Peter Blundell Jones ; Dimitri Pikionis in situ / Dimitri Philippides and Agni Pikionis ; Landscape architecture : ecology, community, art / John Hopkins -- sect. 5. Contemporary case studies: The necessity of invention : Bernard Lassus's garden landscapes / Stephen Bann ; The prospect at Dungeness : Derek Jarman's garden / Jan Birksted ; Building in nature / Peter Salter ; Parc St. Pierre, Amiens / Sandra Morris.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 0203027213 (electronic bk.)
- Note:
- AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Reproduction Note:
- Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2004. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
- Funding Information:
- This netLibrary electronic book is provided through the Access Pennsylvania Database project, a statewide library union catalog funded by the Pennsylvania Legislature and administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Bureau of Library Development.
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