Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates : reconstructing urban landscapes / edited by Anita Berrizbeitia ; foreword by Paul Goldberger.
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, ©2009.
320 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 29 cm
Instilling a poetics of place is a goal of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA), the famous landscape design firm that has created successful public spaces in some of the countrys most challenging urban sites. In these locations, nature offers not so much an escape from city living as a teasing dialogue with built structures. The whole experience is aimed, as critic Paul Goldberger notes, to "make you see everything, city and nature alike, with a striking intensity." Richly illustrated and handsomely designed, this is the first publication to explore a wide range of MVVAs projects, focusing on the firms trend toward sites requiring complex technological solutions. Leading critics and historians look at twelve projects, dating from 1992 to the present, and each posing a challengesuch as contamination, isolation, and lengthy public approval proceedings. They explore the process through which the firm researches such issues and how solutions are embedded in the final aesthetics and spatial structure of the sites.--from publisher description.
9780300135855 (hbk.)
0300135858 (hbk.)
Van Valkenburgh, Michael.
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates.
Urban landscape architecture United States Case studies.
Paysage urbain États-Unis Études de cas.
landscaping.
public parks.
technology.
building construction.
case studies.
usa.
Urban landscape architecture
Urban landscape architecture Case studies.
Landskapsarkitektur Förenta staterna.
United States
stedelijke planning
urban planning
stadsomgeving
urban environment
architectuur
architecture
landschapsarchitectuur
landscape architecture
landschapsbouw
stadsparken
urban parks
bouwconstructie
vs
stadsvernieuwing
urban renewal
Landscape Architecture (General)
Urban Plans
Landschapsarchitectuur (algemeen)
Stedelijke plannen
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Berrizbeitia, Anita, editor.
Goldberger, Paul, writer of foreword.
Berrizbeitia, Anita
Goldberger, Paul
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates.
Reconstructing urban landscapes
Location: Library main 262448
Call No.: BIB 193552
Status: Available
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