Main entry:

McLeod, Virginia.

Title & Author:

Detail in contemporary landscape architecture / Virginia McLeod.

Publication:

London : Laurence King, 2008.

Description:

192 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Parks : Mount Penang Gardens, Garden Park, Australia / Anton James Design ; Pathway through the deer moat, Prague Castle, Czech Republic / AP Atelier, Josef Pleskot ; Biosphere and Flower Pavilion, Germany / Barkow Leibinger Architects ; La Vill de'n Joan, Spain ; Batlle i Roig Architectes ; MFO Park, Switzerland / Burckhardt + Partner Architects ; Landschapsarchitectuur, Waldpark, Germany / Bureau B+B Stedebouw ; Bali Memorial, Kings Park, Australia / Donaldson + Warn, Architects ; The Lurie Garden, USA ; Gustafson Guthrie Nichol ; Diagonal Mar Park, Spain / Enric Miralles i Benedetta Tagliabue, EMBT ; The elevated wetlands, Canada / Noel Harding Studio, Neil Hadley, Landscape Architect ; Oerliker Park, Switzerland / Schweingruber Zulauf Landschaftsarchitekten ; Dania Park, Sweden / SWECO FFNS Architects ; Northside Park, USA / Wenk Associates ; Aegon Square, The Netherlands / West 8 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture -- Cultural : Hedge Pavilion / Atelier Kempe Thill ; Kalkreise Museum and Park, Germany / Gigon/Guyer Architekten ; Shaw Center for the Arts / Hargreaves Associates ; Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek, The Netherlands / Gustafson Porter ; The Eden Project, England / Grimshaw ; Bordeaux Botanical Gardens, France / Mosbach Paysagistes ; Osaka City University Media Centre Plaza, Japan / Nikken Sekkei ; Cudahy Gardens, Milwaukee Art Museum, USA / Office of Dan Kiley ; Nasher Sculpture Center, USA / PWP Landscape Architecture ; Garden of Australian Dreams, The National Museum of Australia / Room 4.1.3 ; Copia: the American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts, USA / PWP Landscape Architecture -- Civic : Flower Tower, France / Edouard François ; Ecliptic, USA / Maya Lin Studio ; Bus stop and station square, The Netherlands / OKRA Lanschapsarchitecten ; La Closeraie, France / Edouard François ; The Pentagon Memorial, USA / KBAS: Keith Kaseman and Julie Beckman ; Cairns Esplanade, Australia / Tract Consultants with Cox Rayner Architects -- Waterfront : Hudson River Park, USA / Abel Bainnson Butz, LLP ; Donegal Quay, Northern Ireland / Camlin Lonsdale Landscape Architects ; South-East Coastal Park, Spain / Foreign Office Architects (FOA) ; Thames Barrier Park, England / Groupe Signes, Patel Taylor ; Homebush Bay, Australia / Hargreaves Associates ; Bremerhaven Old and New Harbour, Germany / Latz + Partner/Latz-Riehl-Bauermann Partner ; Voroklini Coastal Promenade, Cyprus / Margarita Danou and Sevina Floridou ; Zhongshan Shipyard Park, China / Turenscape ; Tide Point, Baltimore Soap Factory, USA / W. Architecture.
CD-ROM system requirements (p. 192): Windows or Macintosh; '.eps' files require 'vector' illustrator or similar graphics programs like Photoshop; '.dwg' files are generic CAD format files able to be opened with various CAD programs, but do not support 'solid fill'.

Summary:

Detailaing makes a landscape unique, and a landscape architect outstanding. Featuring many of the world's most highly acclaimed landscape architects, this book presents 40 of the most recently completed and influential landscape designs.

ISBN:

9781856694988 (hbk.)
1856694984 (hbk.)
9781780670232 (pbk.)
1780670230 (pbk.)

Subject:

Landscape architecture Designs and plans.
Architecture Details.
Architecture du paysage Dessins et plans.
Architecture Détails.
Landscape architecture.
Arquitectura del paisaje Diseños y planos.
Detalles arquitectónicos.

Form/genre:

Designs and plans.
Architectural drawings.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291104
Call No.: BIB 234439
Status: Available