Title & Author:

Ken Smith : landscape architect / introduction by John Beardsley.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Monacelli Press, ©2009.

Description:

230 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Village of Yorkville Park, Toronto, Ontario -- Glowing Topiary Garden, New York, New York -- Hotel Eden, New York, New York -- Lever House, New York, New York -- Four Vertical Gardens, New York, New York -- Sagaponack Residence, Sagaponack, New York -- P.S. 19, Queens, New York -- 55 Water Street, New York, New York -- MoMA Roof Garden, New York, New York -- 7 World Trade Center, Traingle Park, New York, New York -- 40 Central Park South, New York, New York -- Cooper-Hewitt Triennial Wallflowers, New York, New York -- Santa Fe Railyard Park, Santa Fe, New Mexico -- Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California -- Lola Bryant Community Garden, Brooklyn, New York.

Summary:

"Both a landscape designer and a public artist, Ken Smith produces designs that range in scale from small public installations to vast parks. He is known for inventive and imaginative gardens and landscapes, some of which use little or no natural plant material. His projects include public, commercial, and private work: urban parks, streetscapes, plazas, gardens, public art commissions, memorials, museums and institutions, urban development and multiuse projects, restoration of modern-era landscapes, waterfront planning and design, and residential projects." "Among Smith's best-known projects are the MoMA Roof Garden, consisting of white gravel, recycled black rubber, crushed glass, sculptural stones, and artificial boxwood plants in a camouflage pattern; the Elevated Acre, a one-acre urban plaza with a sloping topography of planted dunes and an elevated view of New York Harbor; and Orange County Great Park, California, a redevelopment of a Marine Corps air station to include a 2.5-mile canyon, 20-acre lake, cultural terrace, botanical gardens, great lawn, performing arts venue, veterans memorial, aircraft museum, sports park, nature preserve, and wildlife corridor."--Jacket.

Resources:
Sample text
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9781580932431
1580932436
156898510X
9781568985107

Subject:

Smith, Ken, 1953- Aesthetics.
Smith, Ken, 1953-
Smith, Ken Landschaftsarchitekt.
Landscape architecture New York (State) New York.
Architecture du paysage New York (État) New York.
Aesthetics.
Landscape architecture.
Landschaftsplanung
Landskapsarkitekter Förenta staterna 1990-talet 2000-talet.
Landskapsarkitektur New York 1990-talet 2000-talet.
New York (State) New York.

Added entries:

Beardsley, John.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 264905
Call No.: BIB 196335
Status: Available