Main entry:

Melbourne, Scott, author.

Title & Author:

Refining nature : the landscape architecture of Peter Walker / Scott Melbourne.

Publication:

Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser, [2020]
©2020

Description:

175 pages : color illustrations, color map, plans (some color), portrait ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-173) and index.
Machine generated contents note: I.Introduction -- II.The Career of Peter Walker: A Brief History -- Landscape Components -- III.Topography: Shaping the Land -- IV.On-Structure: Fabricating Elevated Landscapes -- V.Craft in Detail: Sophisticated Endurance -- VI.Vegetation: Elemental Definition of Space -- VII.Water: The Dynamic Accent -- VIII.Conclusion -- IX.Epilogue: Peter Walker in Conversation -- APPENDIX -- Project Chronology.

Summary:

Peter Walker is one of the most seminal and prolific figures in contemporary landscape design worldwide--both as a teacher and as practitioner. Among his best-known works are Nasher Garden in Dallas, Novartis Campus in Basel, Switzerland and the World Trade Center Memorial in New York. This academic review of Walker's unique oeuvre look closely at his design work and provides a comparative analysis.

ISBN:

9783035616101 (hardback)
3035616108 (hardback)

Subject:

Walker, Peter, 1932-
Landscape architects United States.
Landscape architecture United States Designs and plans.
Architecture du paysage États-Unis Dessins et plans.
Architectes paysagistes États-Unis.
Landscape architects
Landscape architecture
United States

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308085
Call No.: BIB 253529
Status: Available