City by Landscape | The Landscape Architecture of Rainer Schmidt

Thies Schröder

ISBN 10: 3034607970 / ISBN 13: 9783034607971

Published by Birkhäuser Berlin, 2014

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City by Landscape | The Landscape Architecture of Rainer Schmidt | Thies Schröder | Buch | 192 S. | Deutsch | 2014 | Birkhäuser Berlin | EAN 9783034607971 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: De Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin, productsafety[at]degruyterbrill[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: City by Landscape | The Landscape Architecture of Rainer Schmidt
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Berlin
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3034607970
• ISBN 13: 9783034607971
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 361W x 258H x 40D millimeters 361 millimeters width by 258 millimeters height by 40 millimeters depth
• Weight: 2172 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

City by Landscape documents the work of a landscape architect active in the interface between urban planning, open space planning and architecture. For many years Rainer Schmidt Landschaftsarchitekten + Stadtplaner have been among the leading offices in the fields of landscape and urban planning; the projects are also increasingly being realized internationally, above all in North Africa, the Middle East and China.

The company’s overriding objective is to find answers to the urban-planning problems of today, and to do so in the awareness that 21st century landscape architecture should be a ‘built’ reflection on how people deal with one another and with nature. The office puts these answers into practice as designs and strikes a successful balance between design, functions and feelings. The intelligent use of natural resources is of prime importance for the work of the office so as to maximize the ecological, economic and social impact of the projects.

In various essays the book addresses the central topics in Schmidt’s work and documents some 40 selected projects including the highlight Business Towers in Munich, the park city Schwabing, the Congress Center Doha and the Great Mosque of Algiers.

About the Author

Thies Schröder, born 1965, studied landscape planning at the Technical University in Berlin. Specialist journalist, editor and author in the fields of landscape architecture, urban and regional development. Develops and oversees communications products and concepts in cooperation with private and public clients. Published works include "Changes in Scenery - Contemporary European Landscape Architecture", "Garden Art 2001", and "Mögliche Räume. Stadt schafft Landschaft". Director of ts|pk thies schröder lanungskommunikation and the L&H Verlag publishing company in Berlin. Thies Schröder is also director of Ferropolis GmbH, through which he promotes location development through the practical means of cultural events. Since autumn 2009, he is also a guest researcher at the Leibniz University in Hanover.