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One of the central figures in modern landscape architecture, Garrett Eckbo (1910-2000) was a major influence in the field during an active career spanning five decades. While most of the early American designers concentrated on the private garden and the corporate landscape, Eckbo's work demonstrated innovative design ideas in a social setting. This engagement with(...)
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August 2005, Berkeley / Los Angeles / London
Garrett Eckbo : modern landscape for living
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One of the central figures in modern landscape architecture, Garrett Eckbo (1910-2000) was a major influence in the field during an active career spanning five decades. While most of the early American designers concentrated on the private garden and the corporate landscape, Eckbo's work demonstrated innovative design ideas in a social setting. This engagement with social improvement has stayed with Eckbo throughout his life, distinguishing both his intentions and achievements, from his early work for the Farm Security Administration to his partnerships (including one of the most prominent landscape firms in the world, Eckbo, Dean, Austin, and Williams--EDAW) and his years as chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. In this book that includes more than 100 of Eckbo's designs, Marc Treib examines the aesthetic formation of Eckbo's manner, and by implication the broader field of landscape architecture since the 1930s. Dorothée Imbert writes about Eckbo's social vision, including his belief that ultimately, landscape design is the "arrangement of environments for people." The book also contains a biographical and professional chronology and a complete bibliography of publications by and about Garrett Eckbo.
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Ce livre pratique,illustré de photographies et de nombreux dessins aquarellés de Fabrice Moireau, propose de mettre à la portée des jardiniers amateurs toutes les inventions, tous les trucs et astuces imaginés par les créateurs des jardins du célèbre Festival de Chaumont qui, depuis plus de dix ans présente chaque année une trentaine de jardins conçus par des paysagistes,(...)
Jardinez comme à Chaumont-sur-Loire
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Ce livre pratique,illustré de photographies et de nombreux dessins aquarellés de Fabrice Moireau, propose de mettre à la portée des jardiniers amateurs toutes les inventions, tous les trucs et astuces imaginés par les créateurs des jardins du célèbre Festival de Chaumont qui, depuis plus de dix ans présente chaque année une trentaine de jardins conçus par des paysagistes, des artistes, des architectes, des écrivains... Quatorze années de création et d’expérimentation dans le domaine du jardin sont rassemblées dans ce livre et mises au service de tous les jardins individuels.
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Le jardin du lettré
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Une découverte des jardins chinois qui ouvre les portes d’un paradis caché, monde idéal loin des soucis de la vie ordinaire. Une initiation du lecteur occidental aux fondements de la culture de la Chine ancienne qui jette les bases d’une réflexion sur la position de l’homme face à la nature et l’environnement.
Le jardin du lettré
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Une découverte des jardins chinois qui ouvre les portes d’un paradis caché, monde idéal loin des soucis de la vie ordinaire. Une initiation du lecteur occidental aux fondements de la culture de la Chine ancienne qui jette les bases d’une réflexion sur la position de l’homme face à la nature et l’environnement.
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Créer son jardin
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Selon l'endroit où se trouve votre jardin (jardin de campagne très étendu, petit jardin de ville entouré de murs, jardin de bord de mer...) et selon l'architecture de votre maison, vous devrez le concevoir différemment en comptant avec le climat et le sol. Une fois votre plan établi, laissez parler votre imagination ! Structure, style, végétaux, matériaux ou mobilier :(...)
Créer son jardin
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Selon l'endroit où se trouve votre jardin (jardin de campagne très étendu, petit jardin de ville entouré de murs, jardin de bord de mer...) et selon l'architecture de votre maison, vous devrez le concevoir différemment en comptant avec le climat et le sol. Une fois votre plan établi, laissez parler votre imagination ! Structure, style, végétaux, matériaux ou mobilier : ce livre illustré de plus de 600 photographies prises dans des jardins d’exception est une source d'inspiration inépuisable. Vous y découvrirez des centaines d'idées d’aménagement et les études cas vous donneront toutes les clés pour faire de votre jardin un espace de vie et de détente unique.
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Un livre pour toutes vos envies de jardin : potager, havre de paix, refuge pour la faune, espace de convivialité, jardin de passionné, sans entretien, etc. Des explications étape par étape et des astuces d’experts pour toutes les activités du jardin. Des photos, des dessins, des focus et des pas-à-pas pour expliquer les techniques. Un catalogue pour choisir les plantes(...)
L'essentiel du jardinier débutant : Le guide indispensable pour apprendre à semer, planter et cultiver votre jardin 100 % bio
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Un livre pour toutes vos envies de jardin : potager, havre de paix, refuge pour la faune, espace de convivialité, jardin de passionné, sans entretien, etc. Des explications étape par étape et des astuces d’experts pour toutes les activités du jardin. Des photos, des dessins, des focus et des pas-à-pas pour expliquer les techniques. Un catalogue pour choisir les plantes en fonction du sol et du style de jardin souhaité.
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The foundation of Dutch horticulture lies in the Westland. Prince Frederik Hendrik, with the garden of his house at Honselaarsdijk, was one of its main promotors. This important and comprehensive study of the relationship between the house of Orange and Dutch horticulture accompanied the 'Onder den Oranjeboom' exhibition in Royal Palace Het Loo. From the contents: the(...)
Courtly gardens in Holland 1600-1650 : the house of Orange and the Hortus Batavus
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The foundation of Dutch horticulture lies in the Westland. Prince Frederik Hendrik, with the garden of his house at Honselaarsdijk, was one of its main promotors. This important and comprehensive study of the relationship between the house of Orange and Dutch horticulture accompanied the 'Onder den Oranjeboom' exhibition in Royal Palace Het Loo. From the contents: the history of the gardens of Frederik Hendrik and Amalia: the palace and garden of Ter Nieuburch at Rijswijk; the other gardens of Frederik Hendrik and Amalia; architecture, theory and practice at the Stadholder's Court; style and form of the Stadholder's Gardens; an iconological interpretation of the Dutch courtly garden.
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The gardener labours to harmonize nature's most subtle forms with his or her own most elaborate plans. Gardens present a succession of ever-rephrased dialogues between nature and culture, design and delight, work and play. Yet they are also mutable and fragile, vulnerable to the rigors of the changing seasons. The most stimulating thought and research on the history(...)
The history of garden design : the Western tradition from the Renaissance to the present day
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The gardener labours to harmonize nature's most subtle forms with his or her own most elaborate plans. Gardens present a succession of ever-rephrased dialogues between nature and culture, design and delight, work and play. Yet they are also mutable and fragile, vulnerable to the rigors of the changing seasons. The most stimulating thought and research on the history of the garden from the fifteenth century to the present day are organized chronologically here in sections that cover the humanist garden in Renaissance Italy; the Baroque garden and classical park; picturesque, arcadian, and sublime gardens of the Enlightenment; mazes, grottoes, and other curiosities; town and city parks; and even Disneyland. In each section, individual gardens are analyzed as paradigms of their type: the Hortus Palatinus in Heidelberg, the Parc Monceau in Paris, Stowe in England, and many others, including contemporary gardens designed by Roberto Burle Marx, Ian Hamilton Finlay, and Geoffrey Jellicoe. Many hitherto unrecorded examples are detailed, and well-known aspects of the history of the garden are reinterpreted from totally new perspectives. The essays are supported by paintings, reliefs, and drawings as well as figurative illustrations and photographs. A specially commissioned series of fifty-one plans of each epoch's most significant gardens completes this survey of the evolution of the Western garden.
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May 2000, New York
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The heem parks (parks that predominately feature native wild plants) De Braak, the K. Landwehrpark and, especially, the Jac.P. Thijsse Park in Amstelveen in the Netherlands, have been important sources of inspiration for landscape architects, gardeners, and nature lovers throughout the world since they were first laid out over fifty years ago. This new book looks at the(...)
Jac. P. Thijsse Park : designed Dutch landscape
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The heem parks (parks that predominately feature native wild plants) De Braak, the K. Landwehrpark and, especially, the Jac.P. Thijsse Park in Amstelveen in the Netherlands, have been important sources of inspiration for landscape architects, gardeners, and nature lovers throughout the world since they were first laid out over fifty years ago. This new book looks at the extraordinary history of these parks and the work of the landscape architect Christiaan Broerse and his colleague, the botanist Koos Landwehr. It also details Broerse and Landwehr’s creative and highly original use of a great variety of native plants in these parks. Bekkers analyses the parks as integral elements of Amsterdam’s urban expansion plans and demonstrates how successfully Broerse and Landwehr resolved the tension between the conservation movement and city planners. He shows too how interest in the Amstelveen heem parks have grown over time. These parks have played a key role, for instance, in the increasing emphasis on the use of native plants in the layout of green areas. The book is richly illustrated, with specially commissioned full-colour photographs by Jan Derwig and aerial photographs by Jan Schot. Also included are historical illustrations and sketches.
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Landscape architecture is a unique discipline where art, nature and the city converge and enter into an exciting dialogue. In the USA, the country of vast open plains and spacious towns, the great tradition of life in confrontation with nature plays an equally (...)
On the nature of things : contemporary american landscape architecture
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Landscape architecture is a unique discipline where art, nature and the city converge and enter into an exciting dialogue. In the USA, the country of vast open plains and spacious towns, the great tradition of life in confrontation with nature plays an equally important role in landscape architecture as the acute problems of the built environment or social problems within the community. Design methods and practise in landscape architecture form the focus of this book, complemented by an analysis of the theoretical aspects of the subject. Perceptive portraits of 13 offices span the whole breadth of landscape design, from the post-ecological utopia of Michael Sorkin (New York/Vienna) to the urban pragmatism of the Roma Design group (San Francisco), from the ecological approach of the Philadelphia group Andropogon, also active in Japan, to the minimalist landscape art of Kathryn Gustafson (Seattle/London/Paris).
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January 2001, Basel
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Jardins design
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Dans "Jardins design", Paul Cooper choisi des exemples de jardins privées et publics d'Europe, d'Amérique et d'Asie où les aménagements s'accordent avec les espaces urbains confinés et conviennent à ceux qui recherchent un jardin original et ludique.
Jardins design
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Dans "Jardins design", Paul Cooper choisi des exemples de jardins privées et publics d'Europe, d'Amérique et d'Asie où les aménagements s'accordent avec les espaces urbains confinés et conviennent à ceux qui recherchent un jardin original et ludique.
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