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Is landscape ...? : essays on the identity of landscape / edited by Gareth Doherty and Charles Waldheim.
Title & Author:

Is landscape ...? : essays on the identity of landscape / edited by Gareth Doherty and Charles Waldheim.

Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Description:

xiv, 351 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : what is landscape? / Gareth Doherty and Charles Waldheim -- Is landscape architecture? / Garrett Eckbo -- Is landscape literature? / Gareth Doherty -- Is landscape painting? / Vittoria Di Palma -- Is landscape photography? / Robin Kelsey -- Is landscape gardening? / Udo Weilacher -- Is landscape ecology? / Nina-Marie Lister -- Is landscape planning? / Frederick Steiner -- Is landscape urbanism? / Charles Waldheim -- Is landscape infrastructure? / Pierre Bélanger -- Is landscape technology? / Niall Kirkwood -- Is landscape history? / John Dixon Hunt -- Is landscape theory? / Rachael Z. DeLue -- Is landscape philosophy? / Kathryn Moore -- Is landscape life? / Catharine Ward Thompson -- Is landscape architecture? / David Leatherbarrow.
Summary:

This introductory text provides a compelling investigation into the multiple facets of landscape architecture to examine its position as a profession and discipline. With contributions from a host of international academics and professionals, it addresses a range of topics, including history, theory, ecology and planning, through to more challenging philosophical ways to define landscape architecture.

ISBN:

9781138018440 (hardback)
1138018449 (hardback)
9781138018471 (pbk.)
1138018473 (pbk.)
(ebook)
9781315697581

Subject:

Landscape architecture Philosophy.
Landscape assessment.
Architecture du paysage Philosophie.
Paysages Évaluation.
21.74 landscape architecture and garden design.
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Added entries:

Doherty, Gareth, editor.
Waldheim, Charles, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291668
Call No.: BIB 235432
Status: Available

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