Main entry:

Crandell, Gina.

Title & Author:

Tree gardens : architecture and the forest / Gina Crandell.

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2013.

Description:

165 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The wooded circle, 1544, Lucca, Italy -- Boboli Garden, 1549, Florence, Italy / Niccolo Tribolo, as painted by Giusto Utens, 1599 -- Versailles, 1661 Versailles, France / André Le Nôtre -- Central Park Mall, 1858, New York, New York / Frederick Law Olmsted -- Musical Garden, 1945, Herning, Denmark / C. Th. Sorensen -- Gateway Memorial Park, 1948, St. Louis, Missouri / Daniel Urban Kiley -- Linden Quincunx, Christian Science Plaza, 1963, Boston, Massachusetts / Sasaki Associates -- Tate Modern, 1995, London, England / Kienast Vogt Partner -- Riemer Park, 1995, Munich, Germany / Latitude Nord -- Oerliker Park, 1996, Zurich, Switzerland / Zulauf, Seippel and Schweingruber / Zulauf, Seippel and Schweingruber -- Parc de l'Ancien Palais, 1998, Geneva, Switzerland / Paysagestion -- Novartis Headquarters, 1999, Basel, Switzerland / PWP Landscape Architecture.
Floating Gardens, Yongning River Park, 2002, Huangyan, China / Turenscape -- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1, 2003, New York, New York / Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates -- 9/11 Memorial Forest, 2004, New York, New York / PWP Landscape Architecture.

Summary:

"From their early use as protective shelter to the felling of thousands of trees to harvest wood and create farmland, to more recent attempts at conservation, trees remain one of mankind's greatest resources. But aside from their purely practical uses, trees are appreciated for their beauty and have long served as important elements in designed landscapes. Tree Gardens is the first book to focus on what author Gina Crandell calls the "largest living architectural structures," masses of trees that form expressive spaces on sites all over the world. Each case study, from the grand park at Versailles, to New York City's 9/11 Memorial Forest, explains how the scale, context, species, and spacing of trees on a particular site establish its expressive structure. Projects range from ten to thousands of trees on sites both pristine and post-industrial as well as urban and remote. Landscapes include historical and contemporary works by such well-known designers as Frederick Law Olmsted, André Le Notre, C. Th. Sorensen, Daniel Kiley, Peter Walker, and Michael Van Valkenburgh. Featuring engaging text and beautiful images, this much-needed book combines useful how-to aspects of tree planting with theoretical discourse on tree garden design and will be an important resource for students, landscape architects, and horticulturists alike."--Publisher's website.

ISBN:

9781616891213 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1616891211 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Forest landscape design.
Formal gardens Design.
Formal gardens Design History.
Landscape architecture.
Architecture du paysage.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285394
Call No.: BIB 224867
Status: Available