Title & Author:

Meaning in landscape architecture & gardens : four essays, four commentaries / essays by Jane Gillette [and others] ; [edited by] Marc Treib.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Description:

xx, 228 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Meaning and meanings : an introduction / Marc Treib -- Form, meaning, and expression in landscape architecture ; Commentary 1 : What did I mean then or now? / Laurie Olin -- Must landscapes mean? Approaches to significance in recent landscape architecture ; Commentary 2 : Must landscapes mean? revisited / Marc Treib -- Can gardens mean? ; Commentary 3 / Jane Gillette -- Gardens can mean ; Commentary 4 : Meaning and criticism / Susan Herrington.

Summary:

This is a compendium of four landmark essays written over a period of 20 years by leading scholars in the field of landscape architecture. New commentaries by the authors accompany each of the essays and reflect on the thinking behind them as well as the evolution of the author's thoughts since their original publication.

ISBN:

9780203827895 (ebook)
0203827899 (ebook)
9780415617253 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0415617251 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Landscape design.
Landscape architecture Philosophy.
Landscapes Psychological aspects.
Aménagement paysager.
Architecture du paysage Philosophie.
Paysages Aspect psychologique.
Architecture and Planning.
Landschaftsplanung.
Landschaftsgestaltung.
Landschaftsgarten.
Landscape Psychological aspects.

Added entries:

Gillette, Jane Brown.
Treib, Marc.

Meaning in landscape architecture and gardens

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273518
Call No.: BIB 207162
Status: Available