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Japanese zen garden
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This book explores the Zen characteristics of these gardens, and discusses the impact Zen Buddhism has had on the Japanese way of looking at the natural world. The book considers how these gardens can be seen as artistic representations of Zen consciousness, reflecting the longing for religious enlightenment.
Japanese zen garden
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This book explores the Zen characteristics of these gardens, and discusses the impact Zen Buddhism has had on the Japanese way of looking at the natural world. The book considers how these gardens can be seen as artistic representations of Zen consciousness, reflecting the longing for religious enlightenment.
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February 2014
Gardens
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In Private Landscapes, landscape architect Pamela Burton and interior designer Marie Botnick profile twenty significant gardens, and their accompanying houses, by celebrated architects of mid century modernism, including Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, A. Quincy Jones, and John Lautner.
Private landscapes : Modernist gardens in Southern California
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In Private Landscapes, landscape architect Pamela Burton and interior designer Marie Botnick profile twenty significant gardens, and their accompanying houses, by celebrated architects of mid century modernism, including Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, A. Quincy Jones, and John Lautner.
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New York: city of trees
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Benjamin Swett worked as a photographer and writer for the New York City Parks Department for thirteen years. In this collection of personnal narratives, historical observations and color photographs, he focuses on trees with stories to tell, adding a narrative to the city and its cosmopolitan character.
New York: city of trees
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Benjamin Swett worked as a photographer and writer for the New York City Parks Department for thirteen years. In this collection of personnal narratives, historical observations and color photographs, he focuses on trees with stories to tell, adding a narrative to the city and its cosmopolitan character.
Gardens
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A tour of not-to-be-missed public places—parks, plazas, memorials, streets—that shape the New York experience.
Guide to New York City urban landscapes
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A tour of not-to-be-missed public places—parks, plazas, memorials, streets—that shape the New York experience.
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Tree Gardens focuses on what author Gina Crandell calls the "largest living architectural structures," masses of trees that form expressive spaces on sites all over the world. Each case study, from the grand park at Versailles, to New York City's 9/11 Memorial Forest, explains how the scale, context, species, and spacing of trees on a particular site establish its(...)
Tree gardens: architecture and the forest
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Tree Gardens focuses on what author Gina Crandell calls the "largest living architectural structures," masses of trees that form expressive spaces on sites all over the world. Each case study, from the grand park at Versailles, to New York City's 9/11 Memorial Forest, explains how the scale, context, species, and spacing of trees on a particular site establish its expressive structure.
Gardens
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Art Parks is a useful guide to outdoor sculpture parks throughout the United States in both urban and suburban environments.
Art parks : a tour of America's sculpture Parks and Gardens
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Art Parks is a useful guide to outdoor sculpture parks throughout the United States in both urban and suburban environments.
Gardens
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A complete introduction to contemporary gardens, from new innovations, practices, and materials, to the notable designers and their signature creations, to a glossary of key terms. Covering the most important trends and issues in gardening today, this book demonstrates the relationship between modern gardens and contemporary art, architecture, and design, in richly(...)
Talk about contemporary gardens
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A complete introduction to contemporary gardens, from new innovations, practices, and materials, to the notable designers and their signature creations, to a glossary of key terms. Covering the most important trends and issues in gardening today, this book demonstrates the relationship between modern gardens and contemporary art, architecture, and design, in richly illustrated and accessible text.
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Landscape architecture
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Artistic interpretation of the landscape was transformed when artists started working directly in the landscape itself. At the same time, architects explored strategies aimed at integrating humans and habitats within the environment. This book showcases the ways in which designers have created living spaces within the built and natural environments - areas of harmony(...)
Landscape architecture
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Artistic interpretation of the landscape was transformed when artists started working directly in the landscape itself. At the same time, architects explored strategies aimed at integrating humans and habitats within the environment. This book showcases the ways in which designers have created living spaces within the built and natural environments - areas of harmony between man and nature.
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Dans cet ouvrage, le jardinier-photographe Yann Monel se consacre à un arboretum niché au beau milieu de la Creuse, celui de la Sédelle.
La Sédelle : un arboretum dans son paysage
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Dans cet ouvrage, le jardinier-photographe Yann Monel se consacre à un arboretum niché au beau milieu de la Creuse, celui de la Sédelle.
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April 2013
Gardens
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Il est des lieux envoûtants dont on ne peut se défaire. La façade en granit presque austère du château Louis XIII, l'allée des tilleuls taillés en marquise, la terrasse scrutant le paysage et son jardin peuplé de boules, de cubes, de cônes, de spirales d'ifs posés en échiquier..... La Ballue est une énigme. Le photographe, Yann Monel, est également jardinier diplômé de(...)
La Ballue : jardins / gardens
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Il est des lieux envoûtants dont on ne peut se défaire. La façade en granit presque austère du château Louis XIII, l'allée des tilleuls taillés en marquise, la terrasse scrutant le paysage et son jardin peuplé de boules, de cubes, de cônes, de spirales d'ifs posés en échiquier..... La Ballue est une énigme. Le photographe, Yann Monel, est également jardinier diplômé de l'école du Breuil.
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