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In celebration of his 300th year, a definitive survey of Capability Brown’s most famous gardens and landscapes in Britain. Widely acknowledged as the most influential landscape designer of his age, Lancelot "Capability" Brown was to England what Frederick Law Olmsted was to America—responsible for shaping the very ideal of the nation’s parkland. Brown’s ambition was to(...)
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October 2016
Capability Brown: designing English landscapes and gardens
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In celebration of his 300th year, a definitive survey of Capability Brown’s most famous gardens and landscapes in Britain. Widely acknowledged as the most influential landscape designer of his age, Lancelot "Capability" Brown was to England what Frederick Law Olmsted was to America—responsible for shaping the very ideal of the nation’s parkland. Brown’s ambition was to bring out of a landscape the best of its potential rather than impose his own ideas upon it. His designs are organic, weaving gestures of color and perspective into the features that the country already afforded. So natural are his designs, and so perfectly do they complement the houses within them, that for many a Capability Brown landscape is the epitome of the English estate.
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Lancelot “Capability” Brown is often thought of as the innovative genius who single-handedly pioneered a new, naturalistic style of landscape design, but he was in fact only one of many landscape designers in Georgian England. Published to commemorate the three hundredth anniversary of Brown’s birth, this book casts important new light on his world-renowned work, his(...)
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August 2016
Lancelot Brown and the capability men: landscape revolution in eighteenth-century England
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Lancelot “Capability” Brown is often thought of as the innovative genius who single-handedly pioneered a new, naturalistic style of landscape design, but he was in fact only one of many landscape designers in Georgian England. Published to commemorate the three hundredth anniversary of Brown’s birth, this book casts important new light on his world-renowned work, his eventful life, and the wider and robust world of landscape design in Georgian England. David Brown and Tom Williamson argue that Brown was one of the most successful designers of his time working in a style that was otherwise widespread—and that it was his skill with this style, and not his having invented it, that linked his name to it. The authors look closely at Brown’s design business and the products he offered clients, showing that his design packages helped define the era’s aesthetic. They compare Brown’s business to those of similar designers such as the Adam brothers, Thomas Chippendale, and Josiah Wedgwood, and they contextualize Brown’s work within the wider contexts of domestic planning and the rise of neoclassicism. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this book celebrates the work of a master designer who was both a product and harbinger of the modern world.
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A world-famous eighteenth-century British figure, Lancelot “Capability” Brown (1716-1783) is today considered the father of landscape architecture. Moving Heaven and Earth reveals the driven polymath behind the famous nickname, exploring both Brown’s artistic legacy and his pioneering work with water in the landscape. The book evaluates the rise of the English landscape(...)
Moving heaven and earth: Capability Brown's gift of landscape
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A world-famous eighteenth-century British figure, Lancelot “Capability” Brown (1716-1783) is today considered the father of landscape architecture. Moving Heaven and Earth reveals the driven polymath behind the famous nickname, exploring both Brown’s artistic legacy and his pioneering work with water in the landscape. The book evaluates the rise of the English landscape garden in the context of his designs. It also provides a comprehensive guide for travelers, with an overview of the 250 sites throughout England and Wales attributed to or connected with Brown. Over 350 color photographs pin-point Brown’s enduring views and surprisingly vibrant planting palette, showcasing his enduring significance.
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Ce livre décrit, analyse et dessine de A à Z toute la logique d’acteurs et le processus de projet du programme de pôle culturel de St-Germain-d’Arpajon mariant médiathèque et école de musique. Coincé entre un collège et un cimetière, le projet d’Atelier O-S architectes s’inscrit dans la déclivité du site, telle une ligne tendue dans le paysage et développe un vocabulaire(...)
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November 2015
Ateliers O-S Architects: like a boomerang. Cyrille Weiner
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Ce livre décrit, analyse et dessine de A à Z toute la logique d’acteurs et le processus de projet du programme de pôle culturel de St-Germain-d’Arpajon mariant médiathèque et école de musique. Coincé entre un collège et un cimetière, le projet d’Atelier O-S architectes s’inscrit dans la déclivité du site, telle une ligne tendue dans le paysage et développe un vocabulaire autour de la grille et de la variation sur le même motif.
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Kate Orff has an optimistic and transformative message about our world: we can bring together social and ecological systems to sustainably remake our cities and landscapes. Part monograph, part manual, part manifesto, ''Toward an Urban Ecology'' reconceives urban landscape design as a form of activism, demonstrating how to move beyond familiar and increasingly outmoded(...)
Toward an urban ecology: SCAPE / landscape architecture
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Kate Orff has an optimistic and transformative message about our world: we can bring together social and ecological systems to sustainably remake our cities and landscapes. Part monograph, part manual, part manifesto, ''Toward an Urban Ecology'' reconceives urban landscape design as a form of activism, demonstrating how to move beyond familiar and increasingly outmoded ways of thinking about environmental, urban, and social issues as separate domains; and advocating for the synthesis of practice to create a truly urban ecology.
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Berlin-based landscape architecture firm Topotek 1 (founded in 1996) traverses disciplines, landscape typologies and scales. This publication showcases ten significant projects including The Big Dig in Xi’an, China, Superkilen in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Heerenschürli sports facilities in Zurich and the Castle Park in.
Creative infidelities: landscape architecture of Topotek 1
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Berlin-based landscape architecture firm Topotek 1 (founded in 1996) traverses disciplines, landscape typologies and scales. This publication showcases ten significant projects including The Big Dig in Xi’an, China, Superkilen in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Heerenschürli sports facilities in Zurich and the Castle Park in.
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GGN Landscapes 1999-2018
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Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN) is a landscape architecture firm based in Seattle, Washington. GGN was founded in 1999 by Jennifer Guthrie, Shannon Nichol, and Kathryn Gustafson, and it is world-renowned for designing high-use landscapes in complex, urban contexts. GGN: Landscapes 1999-2018 is the first book devoted to their ground-breaking work. It surveys some of their(...)
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November 2018
GGN Landscapes 1999-2018
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Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN) is a landscape architecture firm based in Seattle, Washington. GGN was founded in 1999 by Jennifer Guthrie, Shannon Nichol, and Kathryn Gustafson, and it is world-renowned for designing high-use landscapes in complex, urban contexts. GGN: Landscapes 1999-2018 is the first book devoted to their ground-breaking work. It surveys some of their most important achievements including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus in Seattle, Washington; the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC; the Lurie Garden at Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois; and the Venice Biennale in Italy.
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Drawing on the unparalleled collection of original designs for Central Park in the New York City Municipal Archives, Cynthia S. Brenwall tells the story of the creation of New York’s great public park, from its conception to its completion. This treasure trove of material ranges from the original winning competition entry; to meticulously detailed maps; to plans and(...)
The Central Park: original designs from the greensward to the great lawn
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Drawing on the unparalleled collection of original designs for Central Park in the New York City Municipal Archives, Cynthia S. Brenwall tells the story of the creation of New York’s great public park, from its conception to its completion. This treasure trove of material ranges from the original winning competition entry; to meticulously detailed maps; to plans and elevations of buildings, some built, some unbuilt; to elegant designs for all kinds of fixtures needed in a world of gaslight and horses; to intricate engineering drawings of infrastructure elements. Much of it has never been published before.
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"A Landscape Inventory" is a manifesto on landscape experimentation, the work of the internationally renowned architect, Michel Desvigne. As an “anti-monograph,” this publication is not comprehensive and projects are not discussed in depth. Instead, it features a composite view of elements such as tree pattern and density across scales, from diminutive urban courtyard to(...)
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November 2018
Michel Desvigne Paysagiste: A landscape inventory
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"A Landscape Inventory" is a manifesto on landscape experimentation, the work of the internationally renowned architect, Michel Desvigne. As an “anti-monograph,” this publication is not comprehensive and projects are not discussed in depth. Instead, it features a composite view of elements such as tree pattern and density across scales, from diminutive urban courtyard to territory, to reveal the weight of planting and material choices in shaping landscapes, irrespective of design language.
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Escales : Atelier Le Balto
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Depuis vingt ans, l’Atelier Le Balto dessine et réalise des parcs et des jardins oscillant aux frontières de l’art et du paysage. « Escales » propose de s’attarder sur certains d’entre eux, à Paris, Berlin ou Göteborg. Des jardins disparus, d’autres qui ne cessent de s’inventer, ou encore des expérimentations à grande échelle. D’escale en escale, le lecteur est amené à(...)
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January 2019
Escales : Atelier Le Balto
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Depuis vingt ans, l’Atelier Le Balto dessine et réalise des parcs et des jardins oscillant aux frontières de l’art et du paysage. « Escales » propose de s’attarder sur certains d’entre eux, à Paris, Berlin ou Göteborg. Des jardins disparus, d’autres qui ne cessent de s’inventer, ou encore des expérimentations à grande échelle. D’escale en escale, le lecteur est amené à découvrir la démarche de l’atelier par des chemins de traverse évoquant tour à tour le dessin, les hivers, les débordements, les savoir-faire. L’ouvrage se propose de témoigner d’une manière d’être paysagiste. En donnant toute sa place aux processus mis en oeuvre dans chacun des projets, en faisant la part belle à l’audace des plantes, « Escales » atteste également de cette belle aventure humaine qu’est la création d’un jardin.
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