Title & Author:

Innate terrain : Canadian landscape architecture / edited by Alissa North ; with a foreword by Ron Williams.

Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
©2022

Description:

xx, 377 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps (chiefly colour), charts ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Collaboration with the Keepers of Traditional Knowledge / Grant Fahlgren -- Nouveaux Paysages: Contemporary Installations by Canadian Landscape Architects / Adrien Sun Hall -- Resolve: Negotiation and Implementation of Land Claims / James C. Thomas -- Landscapes of Culture: Inuit Traditional Knowledge Applied / Chris Grosset and Marla Limousin -- Working in the Wild: Landscape Architecture in Canada's National Parks / Shelley Long -- Nature / Alissa North -- The Power of Local in East Coast Landscapes / Matthew A.J. Brown, Stéphane LeBlanc, James Allan MacDonald-Nelson, and Andrea Mantin -- L'anarchie resplendissante - Resplendent Anarchy: Towards a Quebec Regionalism / Marc Hallé and Yannick Roberge -- Wide Open Space: Towards a Phenomenology for Prairie Landscape Architecture / Karen Wilson Baptist -- Technology-Driven Shift in the Digital Representation of Landscape Architecture / Fadi Masoud, Matthew Spremulli, and Shadi Ramos -- Landscape Verified as Infrastructure: Toronto's Waterfront Transformation / James A. Roche -- The Right Tree in the Right Place / Michael Ormston-Holloway -- Supernatural: An Account of Vancouver's Post-Industrial Landscape / Susan Herrington -- Urbanization and Large Canadian Parks in the Nineteenth Century and Today / Sandra A. Cooke.
Issued also in electronic format.

Summary:

"Canadian landscape architecture is distinct because of the unique qualities of the Canadian terrain and the particular relationship that Canadians hold with the landscapes of our nation. The concept of wilderness remains a sustaining identity for Canadians at home and abroad. Innate Terrain addresses the varied perceptions of Canada's natural terrain, framing the discussion in the context of landscapes designed by Canadian landscape architects. This edited collection draws on contemporary works to theorize a distinct approach practiced by Canadian landscape architects from across the country. The essays--authored by Canadian scholars and practitioners, some of whom are Indigenous or have worked closely with Indigenous communities--are united by the argument that Canadian landscape architecture is intrinsically linked to the innate qualities of the surrounding terrain. Beautifully illustrated, Innate Terrain aims to capture distinct regional qualities that are rooted in the broader context of the Canadian landscape."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1487527217 (cloth)
9781487527211 (cloth)
1487527225 (paper)
9781487527228 (paper)

Subject:

Landscape architecture Canada.
Architecture du paysage Canada.
Landscape architecture
Canada

Added entries:

North, Alissa, editor.
Williams, Ron, 1942- writer of introduction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316809
Call No.: 316809
Copy: 1
Status: Available