18 books in Architecture - Landscape
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La Formentera
The Woodland Refuge of Juan Montoya
Photographed by Eric Piasecki
Introduction by Karen Lehrman Bloch
Format: Hardcover, 232 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $65.00
In the 1970s, renowned interior designer Juan Montoya lived on La Formentera, a Balearic Island off the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Later, near Garrison, New York, Montoya acquired land and built his place of solace, his own La Formentera. He fulfilled his dream of a property that could evoke the same... Read more >
The Woodland Refuge of Juan Montoya
Photographed by Eric Piasecki
Introduction by Karen Lehrman Bloch
Format: Hardcover, 232 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $65.00
In the 1970s, renowned interior designer Juan Montoya lived on La Formentera, a Balearic Island off the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Later, near Garrison, New York, Montoya acquired land and built his place of solace, his own La Formentera. He fulfilled his dream of a property that could evoke the same... Read more >
Landscape Graphics
Written by Grant Reid
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2012
Price: $16.99
Announcing the new revised edition of the classic industry reference! Landscape Graphics is the architect’s ultimate guide to all the basic graphics techniques used in landscape design and landscape architecture. Progressing from the basics into more sophisticated techniques, this guide offers clear instruction on graphic language and the design process, the... Read more >
Written by Grant Reid
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2012
Price: $16.99
Announcing the new revised edition of the classic industry reference! Landscape Graphics is the architect’s ultimate guide to all the basic graphics techniques used in landscape design and landscape architecture. Progressing from the basics into more sophisticated techniques, this guide offers clear instruction on graphic language and the design process, the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Private Paradise
Contemporary American Gardens
Written by Charlotte M. Frieze
Introduction by Charles A. Birnbaum
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $65.00
Sweeping, voluptuous, and authoritative, Private Paradise instantly joins an elite collection of great and inspiring garden design books. Charlotte Frieze presents forty-one cutting-edge gardens, all richly photographed and profusely illustrated, emphasizing design, climate, and horticulture.
Overarching themes of Aqua, Arcadia, Bold Geometry, Color, Nightscapes, Oasis, Sanctuary, and Urban cogently frame chapters about... Read more >
Contemporary American Gardens
Written by Charlotte M. Frieze
Introduction by Charles A. Birnbaum
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $65.00
Sweeping, voluptuous, and authoritative, Private Paradise instantly joins an elite collection of great and inspiring garden design books. Charlotte Frieze presents forty-one cutting-edge gardens, all richly photographed and profusely illustrated, emphasizing design, climate, and horticulture.
Overarching themes of Aqua, Arcadia, Bold Geometry, Color, Nightscapes, Oasis, Sanctuary, and Urban cogently frame chapters about... Read more >
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Groundwork
Between Landscape and Architecture
Written by Diana Balmori and Joel Sanders
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $50.00
The current environmental crisis calls for a unified practice of landscape and architecture that would allow buildings and landscapes to perform symbiotically to heal the environment. Over the past ten years, a diverse group of architects, landscape architects, and artists have undertaken groundbreaking projects that propose an integration of landscape and... Read more >
Between Landscape and Architecture
Written by Diana Balmori and Joel Sanders
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $50.00
The current environmental crisis calls for a unified practice of landscape and architecture that would allow buildings and landscapes to perform symbiotically to heal the environment. Over the past ten years, a diverse group of architects, landscape architects, and artists have undertaken groundbreaking projects that propose an integration of landscape and... Read more >
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Landscapes in Landscapes
Written by Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury
Format: Trade Paperback, 282 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $65.00
A leading figure in the New Perennial planting movement, garden designer Piet Oudolf emphasizes plant structure as the most important aspect of a successful garden. Form and texture are valued as much as color, and perennials--prized for their beauty throughout a natural life cycle--are used almost exclusively. Oudolf challenges conventional approaches... Read more >
Written by Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury
Format: Trade Paperback, 282 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $65.00
A leading figure in the New Perennial planting movement, garden designer Piet Oudolf emphasizes plant structure as the most important aspect of a successful garden. Form and texture are valued as much as color, and perennials--prized for their beauty throughout a natural life cycle--are used almost exclusively. Oudolf challenges conventional approaches... Read more >
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Fields, Hedges and Ditches
Written by Nigel Harvey
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $11.95
The fields of the farming landscape in Britain are the result of a long series of past efforts and achievements and have much to tell us about the life and work those who lived in the past. They have been won with infinite skill and labor from wild nature and adapted... Read more >
Written by Nigel Harvey
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $11.95
The fields of the farming landscape in Britain are the result of a long series of past efforts and achievements and have much to tell us about the life and work those who lived in the past. They have been won with infinite skill and labor from wild nature and adapted... Read more >
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The Artful Garden
Creative Inspiration for Landscape Design
Written by James van Sweden and Tom Christopher
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2011
Price: $40.00
“I want to put the mystery back into the heart of garden design, where it needs to be. It’s what lures you in through the gate, keeps you moving through the landscape, and fills you with excitement along the way. The sense of mystery is what turns a mere display of... Read more >
Creative Inspiration for Landscape Design
Written by James van Sweden and Tom Christopher
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2011
Price: $40.00
“I want to put the mystery back into the heart of garden design, where it needs to be. It’s what lures you in through the gate, keeps you moving through the landscape, and fills you with excitement along the way. The sense of mystery is what turns a mere display of... Read more >
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The Artful Garden
Creative Inspiration for Landscape Design
Written by James van Sweden and Tom Christopher
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 1, 2011
Price: $21.99
“I want to put the mystery back into the heart of garden design, where it needs to be. It’s what lures you in through the gate, keeps you moving through the landscape, and fills you with excitement along the way. The sense of mystery is what turns a mere display of... Read more >
Creative Inspiration for Landscape Design
Written by James van Sweden and Tom Christopher
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 1, 2011
Price: $21.99
“I want to put the mystery back into the heart of garden design, where it needs to be. It’s what lures you in through the gate, keeps you moving through the landscape, and fills you with excitement along the way. The sense of mystery is what turns a mere display of... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Gardens of the Hudson Valley
Written by Susan Daley and Steve Gross
Text by Nancy Berner and Susan Lowry
Foreword by Gregory Long
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $50.00
The majesty of the Hudson River has captivated both artists and visitors for generations, and the gardens along its banks have a special character. Those created for the Gilded Age estates are more formal; private gardens respond directly to the rolling landscape and mature forests. The area is a crucible for... Read more >
Written by Susan Daley and Steve Gross
Text by Nancy Berner and Susan Lowry
Foreword by Gregory Long
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $50.00
The majesty of the Hudson River has captivated both artists and visitors for generations, and the gardens along its banks have a special character. Those created for the Gilded Age estates are more formal; private gardens respond directly to the rolling landscape and mature forests. The area is a crucible for... Read more >
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Ken Smith
Landscape Architect
Written by Ken Smith
Introduction by John Beardsley
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $50.00
Both a landscape designer and a public artist, Ken Smith produces designs that range in scale from small public installations to vast parks. He is known for inventive and imaginative gardens and landscapes, some of which use little or no natural plant material. His projects include public, commercial, and private work... Read more >
Landscape Architect
Written by Ken Smith
Introduction by John Beardsley
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $50.00
Both a landscape designer and a public artist, Ken Smith produces designs that range in scale from small public installations to vast parks. He is known for inventive and imaginative gardens and landscapes, some of which use little or no natural plant material. His projects include public, commercial, and private work... Read more >
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Inside Outside
Written by Petra Blaisse
Format: Hardcover, 504 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $65.00
Petra Blaisse and her firm, Inside Outside, specialize in the rare combination of interior and landscape design, interweaving architecture and context. Interior projects use materials that introduce visual effects such as color, flexibility, seasonal change, and movement and solve acoustic, climatic, shading, and spatial issues. Landscape projects reflect a fascination with... Read more >
Written by Petra Blaisse
Format: Hardcover, 504 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $65.00
Petra Blaisse and her firm, Inside Outside, specialize in the rare combination of interior and landscape design, interweaving architecture and context. Interior projects use materials that introduce visual effects such as color, flexibility, seasonal change, and movement and solve acoustic, climatic, shading, and spatial issues. Landscape projects reflect a fascination with... Read more >
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Beatrix Farrand
Private Gardens, Public Landscapes
Written by Judith B. Tankard
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $60.00
Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes presents the life and work of one of the foremost landscape designers of the early 1900s. Born into a prominent New York family (she was the niece of Edith Wharton), Farrand eschewed the traditional social life of the Gilded Age to pursue her passion for... Read more >
Private Gardens, Public Landscapes
Written by Judith B. Tankard
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $60.00
Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes presents the life and work of one of the foremost landscape designers of the early 1900s. Born into a prominent New York family (she was the niece of Edith Wharton), Farrand eschewed the traditional social life of the Gilded Age to pursue her passion for... Read more >
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Olin
Placemaking
Written by Laurie Olin, Dennis C. McGlade, Robert J. Bedell, Lucinda R. Sanders and Susan K. Weiler
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $65.00
With increased attention to sustainability and environmental concerns, landscape architects now lead teams of urban planners and architects in developing new outdoor space and reconfiguring existing designs. As the preeminent landscape architecture firm in the United States, Olin is at the forefront of this movement with completed projects across the country... Read more >
Placemaking
Written by Laurie Olin, Dennis C. McGlade, Robert J. Bedell, Lucinda R. Sanders and Susan K. Weiler
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $65.00
With increased attention to sustainability and environmental concerns, landscape architects now lead teams of urban planners and architects in developing new outdoor space and reconfiguring existing designs. As the preeminent landscape architecture firm in the United States, Olin is at the forefront of this movement with completed projects across the country... Read more >
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Morocco
Courtyards and Gardens
Written by Achva Benzinberg Stein
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2007
Price: $50.00
In the North African land of Morocco, every dar-dwelling, religious institution, or commercial building is organized around an interior, walled courtyard that provides privacy from the bustle of urban streets and an outdoor space for social interaction and tranquil meditation. Over the course of centuries, ornamental schemes have evolved to incorporate... Read more >
Courtyards and Gardens
Written by Achva Benzinberg Stein
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2007
Price: $50.00
In the North African land of Morocco, every dar-dwelling, religious institution, or commercial building is organized around an interior, walled courtyard that provides privacy from the bustle of urban streets and an outdoor space for social interaction and tranquil meditation. Over the course of centuries, ornamental schemes have evolved to incorporate... Read more >
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Making the Modern Garden
Written by Christopher Bradley-Hole
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2007
Price: $45.00
A superlative analysis of contemporary gardens as well as a fascinating collection of landscapes around the world, Making the Modern Garden is a definitive study of the philosophy and practice of garden design at the outset of the twenty-first century. Author Christopher Bradley-Hole, himself a landscape designer of note, discusses the... Read more >
Written by Christopher Bradley-Hole
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2007
Price: $45.00
A superlative analysis of contemporary gardens as well as a fascinating collection of landscapes around the world, Making the Modern Garden is a definitive study of the philosophy and practice of garden design at the outset of the twenty-first century. Author Christopher Bradley-Hole, himself a landscape designer of note, discusses the... Read more >
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Glass House
Written by Philip Johnson and Toshio Nakamura
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2007
Price: $95.00
The Glass House, designed by celebrated architect Philip Johnson as a personal retreat, is an icon of modern architecture. A crystalline box set in a serene New England landscape, the house is now owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which will open it to visitors in April 2007. Johnson... Read more >
Written by Philip Johnson and Toshio Nakamura
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2007
Price: $95.00
The Glass House, designed by celebrated architect Philip Johnson as a personal retreat, is an icon of modern architecture. A crystalline box set in a serene New England landscape, the house is now owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which will open it to visitors in April 2007. Johnson... Read more >
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Robert A. M. Stern
Houses and Gardens
Written by Robert A.M. Stern
Introduction by Witold Rybczynski
Format: Hardcover, 632 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2005
Price: $85.00
Robert A. M. Stern is dedicated to the synthesis of tradition and innovation. In more than thirty-five years of practice, he has produced a wide range of building types with a variety of stylistic influences, all inspired by the great legacy of American architecture. His firm, Robert A. M. Stern Architects... Read more >
Houses and Gardens
Written by Robert A.M. Stern
Introduction by Witold Rybczynski
Format: Hardcover, 632 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2005
Price: $85.00
Robert A. M. Stern is dedicated to the synthesis of tradition and innovation. In more than thirty-five years of practice, he has produced a wide range of building types with a variety of stylistic influences, all inspired by the great legacy of American architecture. His firm, Robert A. M. Stern Architects... Read more >
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Mazes and Labyrinths
Written by Adrian Fisher
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2003
Price: $12.95
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Written by Adrian Fisher
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2003
Price: $12.95
Read more >
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