When modern was green : life and work of landscape architect Leberecht Migge / David Haney.

Main entry:

Haney, David H., author.

Title & Author:

When modern was green : life and work of landscape architect Leberecht Migge / David Haney.

Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2010.

Description:

xvi, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The architectonic garden: 1900-1913 -- The social garden: c.1913-1924 -- The technological garden: c.1924-1930 -- The biological garden: c.1930-1935.

Summary:

Increasingly vital to contemporary design, 'green" or ecological thinking was already anticipated by German modernists in the early twentieth century. At the center of this drive towards an ecological modernism was landscape architect Leberecht Migge 1881-1935). Migge brilliantly synthesized ideas from across fields such as organic gardening, architecture, and biological theory to create pioneering projects throughout central Europe. He applied "biotechnic" principles to integrally link dwelling and garden, recycling household waste to grow foodstuffs through the use of innovative infrastructure and open space planning. In collaboration with prominent modernist architects, including Martin Elsaesser, Ernst May, Bruno Taut, and Martin Wagner, he produced some of the most notable works of the period, the mass housing settlements, or Grobsiedlungen, of Frankfurt Main and Berlin. Migge was also a talented garden and park designer, combining green and architectural elements through his "garden-architectonic." Haney's study fully documents Migge's life and work for the first time, challenging conventional assumptions about modernism and ecological design history. --Book Jacket.

ISBN:

9780415561389 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0415561388 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9780415561396 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0415561396 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Migge, Leberecht, 1881-1935.
Migge, Leberecht 1881-1935
Migge, Leberecht.
BMBF-Statusseminar
Landscape architects Germany Biography.
Modern movement (Architecture) Germany.
Sustainable architecture Germany.
Architectes paysagistes Allemagne Biographies.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) Allemagne.
Architecture durable Allemagne.
Landscape architects
Modern movement (Architecture)
Sustainable architecture
Gartenkunst
Landschaftsarchitekt
Landschaftsplanung.
Landscape architecture Germany History 20th century.
Germany
Deutschland.
landschapsarchitectuur
landscape architecture
duurzaamheid (sustainability)
sustainability
biologische landbouw
organic farming
recreatiegebieden
amenity and recreation areas
sociaal milieu
social environment
geschiedenis
history
duitsland
germany
sociale samenwerking
social cooperation
ecologische modellering
ecological modeling
Urban Ecology
Landscape Architecture (General)
Stadsecologie
Landschapsarchitectuur (algemeen)

Form/genre:

Biographies.
Biografie.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277977
Call No.: BIB 213261
Status: Available

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