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Form & Fabric in Landscape Architecture: A Visual Introduction
Using a highly illustrated analysis, the book identifies a structure for understanding landscapes, their use and perception, and for guiding the design activity which is such a fundamental part of the discipline. Landscape architecture is a visual subject and the book is illustrated with the author’s own drawings; explanatory text will accompanies the illustrations and there is a full introduction to the book and each section.
Form & Fabric in Landscape Architecture: A Visual Introduction
Newscapes: Territories of Complexity
Since the famous competition for the Park La Villette in Paris where the participants included Bernard Tschumi, Peter Eisenman and Gilles Deleuze, the relationship between building and landscape has been dramatically transformed. Concepts such as metamorphosis and interaction, layers and fields are becoming as much a part of architectonic discourse as the practical designs and the realization.
Author Paola Gregory examines this interplay between buildings and landscapes present in today’s architecture scene, illustrating her analysis with exciting examples including the ecological landscapes of James Wines and Greg Lynn, the virtual environments of Marcos Novak and Nox, buildings by Jean Nouvel and Toyo Ito which actively incorporate passers-by and surrounding by means of new media.
