Designed Landscapes: 37 Key Projects

Designed Landscapes is a case-by-case study of 37 significant, existing works of landscape design worldwide, largely constructed since the Renaissance. Being an informative and easy-to-read reference volume for practitioners and students alike, it presents key precedents in landscape architecture using site plans and recent photographs to showcase each project.

Organised and presented in 12 sections based on project type, each project is examined based on date, previous site condition, designer(s), design intentions, current composition, unique features, ownership and management, and comparable projects. Each chapter offers an insightful critique of the featured projects.

Written by the authors of Great City Parks, the book posits that these carefully selected key projects have maintained their status throughout the ages because they express values and design intentions that continue to inform the practice of the landscape architecture in the present day. The book concludes with a ten-point summary of lessons for professional practice gleaned from the studies.

Including a wide range of case studies from countries including many in western Europe, the United States, Canada, India, Japan and China, and lavishly illustrated with over 200 full-colour images, the book is a must-have volume for anyone interested in the history and current practice of landscape architecture.

Alan Tate is a Fellow and Past President of the United Kingdom Landscape Institute and a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. He has a PhD in Architecture from Edinburgh College of Art. Tate is a Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Manitoba where he was Head of Department for 12 years between 2000 and 2019.

Marcella Eaton has a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Manitoba and a PhD in Landscape Architecture from Edinburgh College of Art. She is a Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Manitoba and was Associate Dean Academic in the Faculty of Architecture from 2009 to 2015.