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From deserts to ghost towns, from national forests to California bungalows, many of the features of the western American landscape are well known to residents and travelers alike. But in How to Read the American West, William Wyckoff introduces readers anew to these familiar landscapes. A geographer and photographer, Wyckoff offers a fresh perspective on the natural and(...)
How to read the American West
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From deserts to ghost towns, from national forests to California bungalows, many of the features of the western American landscape are well known to residents and travelers alike. But in How to Read the American West, William Wyckoff introduces readers anew to these familiar landscapes. A geographer and photographer, Wyckoff offers a fresh perspective on the natural and human history of the American West and encourages readers to discover that history has shaped the places where people live, work, and visit.
Landscape Theory
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Being among bees is a full-body experience, Mark Winston writes—from the low hum of tens of thousands of insects and the pungent smell of honey and beeswax, to the sight of workers flying back and forth between flowers and the hive. The experience of an apiary slows our sense of time, heightens our awareness, and inspires awe. Bee Time presents Winston’s reflections on(...)
Bee time: lessons from the hive
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Being among bees is a full-body experience, Mark Winston writes—from the low hum of tens of thousands of insects and the pungent smell of honey and beeswax, to the sight of workers flying back and forth between flowers and the hive. The experience of an apiary slows our sense of time, heightens our awareness, and inspires awe. Bee Time presents Winston’s reflections on three decades spent studying these creatures, and on the lessons they can teach about how humans might better interact with one another and the natural world.
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Islands: nature and culture
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From Charles Darwin’s enlightening voyage to the Galapagos Islands to moat-encased prisons incarcerating the world’s deadliest prisoners, islands have been sites of immense scientific, political, and creative importance. An inspiration for artists and writers, they can be lively centers of holiday revelry or remote, mysterious spots; places of escape or of exile and(...)
Islands: nature and culture
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From Charles Darwin’s enlightening voyage to the Galapagos Islands to moat-encased prisons incarcerating the world’s deadliest prisoners, islands have been sites of immense scientific, political, and creative importance. An inspiration for artists and writers, they can be lively centers of holiday revelry or remote, mysterious spots; places of escape or of exile and imprisonment. In this cultural and scientific history of these alluring, isolated territories, Stephen A. Royle describes the great variety of islands, their economies, and the animals, plants, and people who thrive on them.
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Forests and woods have always been central to the development of human technology and culture and our expansion as a species. Trees, Woods and Forests shows how for thousands of years, woodland has been managed by humans using ancient practices such as coppicing and pollarding trees for fuel and as fodder for animals. This book draws on the most recent work of historians,(...)
Trees, woods and forests : a social and cultural history
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Forests and woods have always been central to the development of human technology and culture and our expansion as a species. Trees, Woods and Forests shows how for thousands of years, woodland has been managed by humans using ancient practices such as coppicing and pollarding trees for fuel and as fodder for animals. This book draws on the most recent work of historians, archaeologists, geographers, botanists and foresters, and explores forests in Britain, the U.S., Greece, Italy and France. It is a comprehensive and fascinating overview of humankind’s interaction with these most valuable resources.
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Forest Prairie Edge is a deep-time investigation of the edge land, or ecotone, between the open prairies and boreal forest region of Saskatchewan. Ecotones are transitions from one landscape to another, where social, economic, and cultural practices of different landscapes are blended. Using place history and edge theory, Massie considers the role and importance of the(...)
Forest prairie edge: place histoty in Saskatchewan
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Forest Prairie Edge is a deep-time investigation of the edge land, or ecotone, between the open prairies and boreal forest region of Saskatchewan. Ecotones are transitions from one landscape to another, where social, economic, and cultural practices of different landscapes are blended. Using place history and edge theory, Massie considers the role and importance of the edge ecotone in building a diverse social and economic past that contradicts traditional “prairie” narratives around settlement, economic development, and culture. She offers a refreshing new perspective that overturns long-held assumptions of the prairies and the Canadian West.
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Specifics presents the proceedings of the 2013 conference on landscape architecture hosted by ECLAS (The European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools) and the Hafen City University. In this publication, scientists, planners, architects, artists, engineers and students alike share their theories and site-specific strategies.
Specifics: discussing landscape architecture
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Specifics presents the proceedings of the 2013 conference on landscape architecture hosted by ECLAS (The European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools) and the Hafen City University. In this publication, scientists, planners, architects, artists, engineers and students alike share their theories and site-specific strategies.
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The Ecological Design and Planning Reader provides a roadmap for the diverse terrain of ecological design, guiding the reader to key issues and contributions in the fields of planning and landscape architecture. Rooted in past practice and history of the field, this volume also reaches toward the future, outlining issues in balancing human use with ecological concerns.
The ecological design and planning reader
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The Ecological Design and Planning Reader provides a roadmap for the diverse terrain of ecological design, guiding the reader to key issues and contributions in the fields of planning and landscape architecture. Rooted in past practice and history of the field, this volume also reaches toward the future, outlining issues in balancing human use with ecological concerns.
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Si les deux grands modèles du jardin à la française et du jardin anglais constituent les sources inépuisables de la réflexion sur ce sujet, le jardin allemand continue d'être très peu connu en France. Cet ouvrage fait ressortir ses caractéristiques propres en mettant l'accent à la fois sur l'histoire politique des jardins allemands de la fin du XVIIIe au XXIe siècle, sur(...)
Jardins d'Allemagne: transferts, théories, imaginaires
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Si les deux grands modèles du jardin à la française et du jardin anglais constituent les sources inépuisables de la réflexion sur ce sujet, le jardin allemand continue d'être très peu connu en France. Cet ouvrage fait ressortir ses caractéristiques propres en mettant l'accent à la fois sur l'histoire politique des jardins allemands de la fin du XVIIIe au XXIe siècle, sur leur place dans la vie quotidienne et leur importance dans les formes d'expression de la culture germanophone.
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The second volume of the Modern Landscapes series examines the evolution of Pittsburgh's first modern garden plaza. Completed in 1955 from a design by the acclaimed landscape design firm Simonds & Simonds and architects Mitchell & Ritchey, Mellon Square functioned as an urban oasis that provided downtown office workers a much-needed respite from the city's infamous smoke(...)
Mellon square: discovering a modern masterpiece
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The second volume of the Modern Landscapes series examines the evolution of Pittsburgh's first modern garden plaza. Completed in 1955 from a design by the acclaimed landscape design firm Simonds & Simonds and architects Mitchell & Ritchey, Mellon Square functioned as an urban oasis that provided downtown office workers a much-needed respite from the city's infamous smoke pollution. Now, more than six decades later, Mellon Square is undergoing a major restoration by Patricia O Donnell of Heritage Landscapes that aims to restore this urban garden and help revitalize downtown Pittsburgh. Featuring new photography and archival material, Mellon Square is the only book to showcase the development of this iconic urban landscape.
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Architects have long operated based on the assumption that a building is 'complete' once construction has finished. Striving to create a perfect building, they wish for it to stay in its original state indefinitely, viewing any subsequent alterations as unintended effects or the results of degeneration. The ideal is for a piece of architecture to remain permanently(...)
Allure of the incomplete, imperfect, and impermanent: designing and appreciating architecture as nature
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Architects have long operated based on the assumption that a building is 'complete' once construction has finished. Striving to create a perfect building, they wish for it to stay in its original state indefinitely, viewing any subsequent alterations as unintended effects or the results of degeneration. The ideal is for a piece of architecture to remain permanently perfect and complete. This contrasts sharply with reality where changes take place as people move in, requirements change, events happen, and building materials are subject to wear and tear. Rumiko Handa argues it is time to correct this imbalance. Using examples ranging from the Roman Coliseum to Japanese tea rooms, she draws attention to an area that is usually ignored: the allure of incomplete, imperfect and impermanent architecture. By focusing on what happens to buildings after they are ‘complete’, she shows that the ‘afterlife’ is in fact the very ‘life’ of a building. However, the book goes beyond theoretical debate. Addressing professionals as well as architecture students and educators, it persuades architects of the necessity to anticipate possible future changes and to incorporate these into their original designs.
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