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Informationen zum Autor Karen M'Closkey teaches landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a cofounder of PEG office of landscape + architecture, an award-winning design and research practice based in Philadelphia. Klappentext Unearthed examines how one of America's most significant landscape architecture firms approaches the redesign of public places to meet a range of ecological and social needs. With more than one hundred and fifty color and black-and-white images, this study uncovers the methods behind many canonical works of international landscape design. Zusammenfassung Unearthed examines how one of America's most significant landscape architecture firms approaches the redesign of public places to meet a range of ecological and social needs. With more than one hundred and fifty color and black-and-white images! this study uncovers the methods behind many canonical works of international landscape design. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Geographies —Crissy Field, San Francisco, California —21st Century Waterfront and Renaissance Parks, Chattanooga, Tennessee —Los Angeles State Historic Park, Los Angeles, California Chapter 2. Techniques —Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, Australia —Guadalupe River Park, San Jose, California —Brightwater Wastewater Treatment Facility and Northern Mitigation Area, Snohomish County, Washington Chapter 3. Effects —Louisville Waterfront Park, Louisville, Kentucky —University of Cincinnati Master Plan, Cincinnati, Ohio —William J. Clinton Presidential Center Park, Little Rock, Arkansas Afterword Project Teams for Cited Projects Notes Index Acknowledgments
