Books – Landscape Architecture Platform | Landezine https://landezine.com Landscape Architecture Platform Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:10:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 The Dutch Landscape by Alexandra Tišma & Han Lörzing https://landezine.com/the-dutch-landscape-by-alexandra-tisma-han-lorzing/ https://landezine.com/the-dutch-landscape-by-alexandra-tisma-han-lorzing/#respond Tue, 26 Nov 2024 11:05:00 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=113398 The Dutch Landscape, The Ultimate Guide for Study, Professional and Personal Use by Alexandra Tišma[1] and Han Lörzing[2] is a “text-book” and a thorough yet very accessible guide on landscapes in the Netherlands – described from many angles and scales, historical, geographical, geological and biotic layers, cultural landscapes, from development, and planning to conservation – […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-dutch-landscape-by-alexandra-tisma-han-lorzing/feed/ 0 Art Rethinking Nature: Giovanni Aloi https://landezine.com/art-rethinking-nature-giovanni-aloi/ https://landezine.com/art-rethinking-nature-giovanni-aloi/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:22:38 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=113322 Giovanni Aloi is an author, curator, and creator with a PhD from Goldsmiths University, focusing on natural history in art representation. His work examines depictions of flora and fauna to uncover societal values and foster shifts in these through critical reflection. Through publishing, curating exhibitions, delivering talks, and editing Antennae: The Journal of Nature in […]]]> https://landezine.com/art-rethinking-nature-giovanni-aloi/feed/ 0 (Co)Designing Hope: Aqueous Landscapes in Transition by Laura Cipriani https://landezine.com/codesigning-hope-aqueous-landscapes-in-transition-by-laura-cipriani/ https://landezine.com/codesigning-hope-aqueous-landscapes-in-transition-by-laura-cipriani/#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:03:39 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=112902 Laura Cipriani is an assistant professor of landscape architecture at Delft University of Technology and a founder of Superlandscape, a landscape and urban design firm. She holds a Ph.D. in Landscape Urbanism from IUAV, a master’s degree in landscape and urban issues from Harvard Design School, and a master’s in Architecture from IUAV. Her current […]]]> https://landezine.com/codesigning-hope-aqueous-landscapes-in-transition-by-laura-cipriani/feed/ 0 Charged Landscapes – Nuclear Chronicles by Andrew Madl https://landezine.com/charged-landscapes-nuclear-chronicles-by-andrew-madl/ https://landezine.com/charged-landscapes-nuclear-chronicles-by-andrew-madl/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:29:25 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=113146 The Nuclear Chronicles: Design Research on the Landscapes of the U.S. Nuclear Highway by Andrew Madl is an exploration of unrealized U.S. government nuclear proposals and their speculative impact on the western landscape. Through fictional narratives in a graphic novel format, the book imagines cultural and ecological shifts, illustrating infrastructures and economies that might emerge […]]]> https://landezine.com/charged-landscapes-nuclear-chronicles-by-andrew-madl/feed/ 0 Garden and Metaphor – Essays on the Essence of the Garden https://landezine.com/garden-and-metaphor-essays-on-the-essence-of-the-garden/ https://landezine.com/garden-and-metaphor-essays-on-the-essence-of-the-garden/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:22:15 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=112104 Dušan Ogrin (1929-2019) was the pioneer of Slovenian landscape architecture. In 1972, he founded the Landscape Architecture programme at the University of Ljubljana. His seminal work The World Heritage of Gardens was published in 1993, so it was not too far-fetched to dedicate a book in his memory to the topic of gardens. The editors […]]]> https://landezine.com/garden-and-metaphor-essays-on-the-essence-of-the-garden/feed/ 0 Book Tips — Gary Hilderbrand https://landezine.com/book-tips-gary-hilderbrand/ https://landezine.com/book-tips-gary-hilderbrand/#respond Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:47:13 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=111820 We asked Gary Hilderbrand (Reed Hilderbrand, Harvard GSD) to suggest three books that are relevant to landscape architects and should be more known in the profession. Here is his proposal: _ 1. The Life of Plants: A Metaphysics of Mixture by Emanuele Coccia / Polity, 2018 This is a book that you just have to […]]]> https://landezine.com/book-tips-gary-hilderbrand/feed/ 0 Usue Ruiz Arana: Urban Soundscapes and Design through Listening https://landezine.com/urban-soundscapes-and-design-through-listening/ https://landezine.com/urban-soundscapes-and-design-through-listening/#respond Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:47:45 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=110844 Landscape architects usually think of compact greenery as the sound buffer minimizing noise pollution but we rarely think about specifically designing with sound, acoustics of space and the soundscape present at the site of intervention. Especially in the art scene, the sonification of plants, microbes, underwater creatures and their otherwise unheard processes, gained special attention […]]]> https://landezine.com/urban-soundscapes-and-design-through-listening/feed/ 0 C. Th. Sørensen: 39 Unusual Gardens for an Ordinary House https://landezine.com/book-c-th-sorensen-39-unusual-gardens-for-an-ordinary-house/ https://landezine.com/book-c-th-sorensen-39-unusual-gardens-for-an-ordinary-house/#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:54:21 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=110626 The book by the legendary Danish landscape architect, Carl Theodor Sørensen (1893-1979), originally published in 1966, is for the first time published in English, with a foreword by Joost Emmerik and an Introduction by Lodewijk Wiegersma. Published by Blawdruk Publishers and Sonja Poll, the 39 Unusual Gardens for an Ordinary House is a landmark book […]]]> https://landezine.com/book-c-th-sorensen-39-unusual-gardens-for-an-ordinary-house/feed/ 2 Lydia Kallipoliti: Histories of Ecological Design, an Unfinished Cyclopedia https://landezine.com/lydia-kallipoliti-histories-of-ecological-design/ https://landezine.com/lydia-kallipoliti-histories-of-ecological-design/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2024 07:06:06 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=107875 In the talk, Lydia Kallipoliti* – #architect #educator #researcher #thinker – presents her newly published book Histories of Ecological Design: An Unfinished Cyclopedia, followed by a Q&A where we talk about the intentions of writing the book, about how the “waste speaks of the incomplete perception of the World”, the psychological profile of ecological designers […]]]> https://landezine.com/lydia-kallipoliti-histories-of-ecological-design/feed/ 2 Sh*tscapes – 100 Mistakes in Landscape Architecture https://landezine.com/shtscapes-100-mistakes-in-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/shtscapes-100-mistakes-in-landscape-architecture/#respond Fri, 03 May 2024 13:02:01 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=106651 Sh*tscapes is a 160-page book by London-based landscape architects Vladimir Guculak and Paul Bourel. They are also founders of studio gb, landscape architecture and design studio focused on the integration of nature into the city.]]> https://landezine.com/shtscapes-100-mistakes-in-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 Design by Fire / Book by Emily Schlickman and Brett Milligan https://landezine.com/book-design-by-fire-by-emily-schlickman-and-brett-milligan/ https://landezine.com/book-design-by-fire-by-emily-schlickman-and-brett-milligan/#respond Wed, 20 Sep 2023 06:58:32 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=99199 Across the world, the risks of wildfires are increasing and expanding. Due to past and current human actions, we dwell in the age of fire – the Pyrocene – and the many challenges and climate adaptation questions it provokes. Exploring our past and current relationships with fire, this book speculates on the pyro futures yet […]]]> https://landezine.com/book-design-by-fire-by-emily-schlickman-and-brett-milligan/feed/ 0 Biourbanism – Cities as Nature. A Resilience Model for Anthromes, Adrian McGregor https://landezine.com/biourbanism-cities-as-nature-a-resilience-model-for-anthromes-adrian-mcgregor/ https://landezine.com/biourbanism-cities-as-nature-a-resilience-model-for-anthromes-adrian-mcgregor/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 11:42:26 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=98729 It is exciting to read “Blue Skies”, the new novel by T.C.Boyle, and at the same time to dedicate oneself to the opulent work of Adrian McGregor. While Boyle’s protagonists in Florida and California are at the mercy of the manifold violent effects of climate change and the reader abandons all hope after reading, the […]]]> https://landezine.com/biourbanism-cities-as-nature-a-resilience-model-for-anthromes-adrian-mcgregor/feed/ 0 Alvar Aalto – Nature as a Scale https://landezine.com/alvar-aalto-nature-as-a-scale/ https://landezine.com/alvar-aalto-nature-as-a-scale/#respond Tue, 30 May 2023 11:29:10 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=94263 Alvar Aalto, one of the most important architects of modernism, was born 125 years ago. He grew up in Jyväskylä in central Finland. The opening of the Aalto2 museum hub occurred on 27 May as the highlight of the anniversary year. It combines two Alvar Aalto-designed edifices, the Museum of Central Finland (1956-61, 1991) and […]]]> https://landezine.com/alvar-aalto-nature-as-a-scale/feed/ 0 Book – Project Process Park by MARELD https://landezine.com/book-project-process-park-by-mareld/ https://landezine.com/book-project-process-park-by-mareld/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2022 12:18:01 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=73399 The book – Process Prototype Park – gives an overview of the work of team MARELD & atelier le balto in Jubileumsparken, Gothenburg since 2016.  Jubileumsparken is one of the city’s largest park projects and a fantastic way to celebrate Gothenburg’s 400th anniversary in 2021. The design of Jubileumsparken runs on two parallel tracks. Firstly, […]]]> https://landezine.com/book-project-process-park-by-mareld/feed/ 1 Surfacedesign: Material Landscapes https://landezine.com/surfacedesign-material-landscapes/ https://landezine.com/surfacedesign-material-landscapes/#respond Mon, 14 Feb 2022 15:42:39 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=72946 SURFACEDESIGN Material Landscapes James A. Lord, Roderick Wyllie, Geoff di Girolamo; foreword by Alan Maskin; conversation with Anita Berrizbeitia]]> https://landezine.com/surfacedesign-material-landscapes/feed/ 0 250 Things a Landscape Architect Should Know by B. Cannon Ivers https://landezine.com/250-things-a-landscape-architect-should-know-by-b-cannon-ivers/ https://landezine.com/250-things-a-landscape-architect-should-know-by-b-cannon-ivers/#respond Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:20:45 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=71214 Title: 250 Things a Landscape Architect Should Know / Author: B. Cannon Ivers, MLA, Harvard GSD, USA, Director, LDA Design, London, UK / Copyright year: 2021 / Pages: 512 / Language: English / Coloured Illustrations: 280 / Published: 25 Oct 2021 / ISBN: 9783035623369 / Hardback Published: 08 Nov 2021 / ISBN: 9783035623352 / ]]> https://landezine.com/250-things-a-landscape-architect-should-know-by-b-cannon-ivers/feed/ 0 Creative Infidelities https://landezine.com/creative-infidelities/ https://landezine.com/creative-infidelities/#respond Mon, 19 Apr 2021 11:29:38 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=36240 Creative Infidelities. On the Landscape Architecture of Topotek 1. Edited by Barbara Steiner. 440 pages. Jovis Verlag. Berlin 2016 ISBN 978-3-86859-418-8 ]]> https://landezine.com/creative-infidelities/feed/ 0 OKRA 2 https://landezine.com/okra-2/ https://landezine.com/okra-2/#comments Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:06:00 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=49326 Authors: Mark Hendriks, Sofia Opfer NL / ENG, Hardcover, 23x22 cm, 204 pages, Full Color isbn 9789492474506]]> https://landezine.com/okra-2/feed/ 3 Doing Almost Nothing https://landezine.com/doing-almost-nothing/ https://landezine.com/doing-almost-nothing/#respond Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:21:31 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=48724 Specifications ORO Editions SKU: 90735 ISBN: 978-1-940743-84-4 Binding: Hard Bound Pages: 240pp Publication Date: Fall 2018 Size: 8 x 10″ Portrait]]> https://landezine.com/doing-almost-nothing/feed/ 0 Care / Create / Act https://landezine.com/care-create-act/ https://landezine.com/care-create-act/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:20:57 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=48755 Softcover with dust jacket and foil print, 17x24 cm, 336 pages, full colour ISBN 9789492474308 Published: October 2018]]> https://landezine.com/care-create-act/feed/ 3 Contextual Minimalism https://landezine.com/contextual-minimalism/ https://landezine.com/contextual-minimalism/#respond Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:00:03 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=48773 Hardcover: 204 pages Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, November 20, 2018 Language: English ISBN-10: 1616896655 ISBN-13: 978-1616896652 Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 1.2 x 12.5 inches]]> https://landezine.com/contextual-minimalism/feed/ 0 Landscape As House – In Search of a New Form of Topographic Living in the Alps https://landezine.com/landscape-as-house-in-search-of-a-new-form-of-topographic-living-in-the-alps/ https://landezine.com/landscape-as-house-in-search-of-a-new-form-of-topographic-living-in-the-alps/#respond Tue, 12 Feb 2019 07:04:23 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=42666 With “landscape as house” Anna Maria Fink graduated as a landscape architect at the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam. On November 19th 2018 her publication ‘landscape as house’ was published by dutch booksellers Architectura & Natura. The book documents the project ‘landscape as house’ through a collection of themes: the meaning of topography, family heritage, collective memory, maintenance, remoteness and seasonal change. Like an encyclopedia it tells an open narrative about the personal making of place.]]> https://landezine.com/landscape-as-house-in-search-of-a-new-form-of-topographic-living-in-the-alps/feed/ 0 Imagine Landscape https://landezine.com/imagine-landscape/ https://landezine.com/imagine-landscape/#respond Tue, 05 Jul 2016 08:19:00 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=33080 Girot’s intent is to show that landscape architecture has a wider horizon and is broader in scope than the horizon of architecture. This is why he shows connections between various artefacts over the course of human culture ...]]> https://landezine.com/imagine-landscape/feed/ 0