The Shape of the Land - by Marc Treib (Hardcover)

Name: The Shape of the Land - by Marc Treib (Hardcover)
Brand: Oro Editions
SKU: 86266870
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The Shape of the Land: Topography & Landscape Architecture--the first book to center on this subject--presents the contributions of thirteen well-known practitioners and academics who discuss the forms and ramifications of reconfiguring terrain.
Author(s): Marc Treib
288 Pages
Architecture, Landscape

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Book Synopsis

The Shape of the Land: Topography & Landscape Architecture--the first book to center on this subject--presents the contributions of thirteen well-known practitioners and academics who discuss the forms and ramifications of reconfiguring terrain.

The essays range in content from pre-industrial precedents in the work of Humphry Repton to new digital topographic modeling systems without the use of contour lines, the treatment of waste products to the land art of the American Southwest. Practicing landscape architects focusing on the modeling of topography in the works considering both utility and aesthetics. In all, the book reviews the history, reasons, and results of at least three centuries of topographic interventions, while suggesting pathways into the future--as new technology and new necessities increase the functional demands placed upon landscape architects, while at the same time potentially offering new forms of artistic expression.

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"The essays in The Shape of the Land: Topography & Landscape Architecture originated in a symposium held at the University of California, Berkeley, on the very cusp of the pandemic. Paired with it predecessor publication, The Aesthetics of Contemporary Planting Design, it gathers current research in land formation." --Landscape Architecture Magazine

Dimensions (Overall): 10.2 Inches (H) x 10.2 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)

Weight: 3.84 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Sub-Genre: Landscape

Genre: Architecture

Number of Pages: 288

Publisher: Oro Editions

Format: Hardcover

Author: Marc Treib

Language: English

Street Date: July 1, 2023

TCIN: 86266870

UPC: 9781957183244

Item Number (DPCI): 247-32-9679

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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