Theory in Landscape Architecture

Simon Swaffield

ISBN 10: 0812218213 / ISBN 13: 9780812218213

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, US, 2002

About this Item

Here, for students and practitioners of landscape architecture, architecture, and planning, is a single resource for seminal theoretical texts in the field. Essential for understanding the specific connections that have been made between landscape and social, cultural, and political structures, Theory in Landscape Architecture reminds readers that the discipline of landscape architecture can be both practical and formally challenging. Covering the past fifty years of theory, this primer makes an important contribution to a student's emerging professional ethics.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Theory in Landscape Architecture
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, US
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812218213
• ISBN 13: 9780812218213
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Here, for students and practitioners of landscape architecture, architecture, and planning, is a single resource for seminal theoretical texts in the field. Essential for understanding the specific connections that have been made between landscape and social, cultural, and political structures, Theory in Landscape Architecture reminds readers that the discipline of landscape architecture can be both practical and formally challenging. Covering the past fifty years of theory, this primer makes an important contribution to a student's emerging professional ethics.

About the Author

Simon Swaffield is Professor of Landscape Architecture at Lincoln University, New Zealand.