Essays on landscape /
Olin, Laurie,
Essays on landscape / Laurie Olin. - x, 388 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Form, meaning, and expression in landscape architecture -- Regionalism and the practice of Hanna/Olin, Ltd. -- William Kent, the Vigna Madama, and landscape parks -- The Museum of Modern Art garden : the rise and fall of a modernist landscape -- What I do when I can do it : representation in recent work -- More than wriggling your wrist (or your mouse) : thinking, seeing, and drawing -- The less said ... -- What did I mean then or now? Reflections on "Form, meaning, and expression in landscape architecture" -- Civic realism and landscape -- Global, regional, local -- Water, urban nature, and the art of landscape design -- Trees and the Getty -- The problem of nature and aesthetics in planting design.
One of the most renowned landscape architects in practice today, Laurie Olin has created designs for the grounds of the Washington Monument, the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, and Bryant Park in New York City. His recent projects include the award-winning landscape for the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Apple Park in Cupertino, and Simon and Helen Director Park in Portland, Oregon. All these and many more iconic works were realized under the auspices of OLIN, the landscape architectural firm he co-founded in 1976. Olin is also a prolific writer, and in this volume a selection of his published work has been assembled for the first time. The collection comprises articles, lectures, and essays spanning a wide array of subjects-- from horticulture and education to urban history. Olin's musings on his own creative development, the evolving state of the profession of landscape architecture, and many other topics will interest a range of readers.
1952620309 9781952620300
2021934454
Landscape architecture--Essays.
Landscape gardening--Essays.
Essay
SB472 / .O425 2021
Essays on landscape / Laurie Olin. - x, 388 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Form, meaning, and expression in landscape architecture -- Regionalism and the practice of Hanna/Olin, Ltd. -- William Kent, the Vigna Madama, and landscape parks -- The Museum of Modern Art garden : the rise and fall of a modernist landscape -- What I do when I can do it : representation in recent work -- More than wriggling your wrist (or your mouse) : thinking, seeing, and drawing -- The less said ... -- What did I mean then or now? Reflections on "Form, meaning, and expression in landscape architecture" -- Civic realism and landscape -- Global, regional, local -- Water, urban nature, and the art of landscape design -- Trees and the Getty -- The problem of nature and aesthetics in planting design.
One of the most renowned landscape architects in practice today, Laurie Olin has created designs for the grounds of the Washington Monument, the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, and Bryant Park in New York City. His recent projects include the award-winning landscape for the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Apple Park in Cupertino, and Simon and Helen Director Park in Portland, Oregon. All these and many more iconic works were realized under the auspices of OLIN, the landscape architectural firm he co-founded in 1976. Olin is also a prolific writer, and in this volume a selection of his published work has been assembled for the first time. The collection comprises articles, lectures, and essays spanning a wide array of subjects-- from horticulture and education to urban history. Olin's musings on his own creative development, the evolving state of the profession of landscape architecture, and many other topics will interest a range of readers.
1952620309 9781952620300
2021934454
Landscape architecture--Essays.
Landscape gardening--Essays.
Essay
SB472 / .O425 2021