Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates : reconstructing urban landscapes /
Other Authors / Creators: | Berrizbeitia, Anita. |
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Other Corporate Authors / Creators: | Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates. |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, [2009] |
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Retention: | Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials |
Summary: | Explores the responses of a world-renowned landscape design firm to the difficult demands of urban areas Richly illustrated and handsomely designed, this is the first publication to explore a wide range of MVVA's projects, focusing on the firm's trend toward sites requiring complex technological solutions. Leading critics and historians look at twelve projects, dating from 1992 to the present, and each posing a challenge--such as contamination, isolation, and lengthy public approval proceedings. They explore the process through which the firm researches such issues and how solutions are embedded in the final aesthetics and spatial structure of the sites. |
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Physical Description: | 320 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 29 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-302) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780300135855 0300135858 |
Author Notes: | Anita Berrizbeitia is an associate professor of landscape architecture at the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Paul Goldberger is an architecture critic for The New Yorker and the Joseph Urban Professor of Design and Architecture at The New School. |