Waterstained landscapes : seeing and shaping regionally distinctive places / Joan Woodward ; drawings by Kiku Kurahashi.

Main entry:

Woodward, Joan, 1958-

Title & Author:

Waterstained landscapes : seeing and shaping regionally distinctive places / Joan Woodward ; drawings by Kiku Kurahashi.

Publication:

Description:

xiv, 221 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Series:

Center books on contemporary landscape design

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index.
Foreword / Kenneth Helphand -- Settling down -- Seeing the waterstain -- Pattern sources -- Fingerprints of the formative processes -- Patterns of place -- The stumbling-forward ache -- Planting evidence -- There's no home like place.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"A refreshing change from abstract writings about landscape architecture, Waterstained Landscapes is an illustrated essay, narrated by a fictional landscape architect, Ann Crane, who moves from Los Angeles to Colorado's Front Range. Through the imaginary Crane, author Joan Woodward argues that deriving landscape designs from the natural patterns and processes of a particular region is a key to creating distinctive, appropriate, and manageable designs."
"Combining elements of a journal, sketchbook, notebook, and textbook, Waterstained Landscapes focuses on the Denver region and the dry West, Protagonist Crane learns that tracing the "waterstain"--Water concentration and accompanying plant responses - is like reading the braille of western landscapes, a hidden text that reveals information about natural processes and human values. The book describes the regional processes that shape these plant patterns, and goes on to explore how natural and cultural mechanisms change and affect designed and undesigned landscapes over time.
Woodward takes special note of the evolution of landscape design eras, following the fate of one house as its garden changes under the influence of different styles and various owners' tastes."--Jacket.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0801862000 (alk. paper)
9780801862007 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Landscape architecture.
Landscape assessment.
Regional planning.
Landscape architecture Colorado.
Landscape assessment Colorado.
Regional planning Colorado.
Architecture du paysage.
Paysages Évaluation.
Aménagement du territoire.
Architecture du paysage Colorado.
Paysages Évaluation Colorado.
Aménagement du territoire Colorado.
regional planning.
Landschaftsplanung
Colorado.
Staat Colorado

Added entries:

Center books on contemporary landscape design.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 209453
Call No.: NA44.W911.A35 2000
Status: Available

Actions:

Add to folder

Request these items

Email this list to yourself (or someone else)

Your folder is empty.

Please complete this form to make a request for consultation. A copy of this list will also be forwarded to you.

Your contact information

First name:

Last name:

Email:

Phone number:

Notes (optional):

We will contact you to set up an appointment. Please keep in mind that your consultation date will be based on the type of material you wish to study. To prepare your visit, we'll need:

— At least 2 weeks for primary sources (prints and drawings, photographs, archival documents, etc.)
— At least 48 hours for secondary sources (books, periodicals, vertical files, etc.)

Back to list

Submit