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  • Language: English

    Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016

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  • Language: English

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  • Language: English

    Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016

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    Language: English

    Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016

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    Series: Book 30 of 38 - Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture

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    Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good+ Condition. Dust jacket has some light rubbing on the rear side and is now in a protective Brodart Cover. No marks on the text block. No marks of previous ownership or inscription. Book does not appear to have been read, nice tight binding. First edition, first printing. ; Height: 9.25 Inches, Length: 6.5 Inches, Weight: 1.45 Pounds, Width: 1.5 In; 376 pages; China.

  • Language: German

    Published by Birkhäuser, 2011

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    Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

  • Language: English

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  • Language: English

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  • Language: English

    Published by Birkhauser, BASILEA, 2011

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    Condition: BUONO USATO. IED. Da revisionare INGLESE Legatura in cartonato rigido plastificato, copertina ben tenuta, illustrata in entrambi i piatti da fotografia a colori. Buonissimo lo stato conservativo interno, pagine candide e perfettamente tenute, tagli integri e puliti. Ricco percorso iconografico di fotografie a colori e illustrazioni nel testo. Prefazione di Franco Panzini. Il volume potrebbe contenere timbri, il materiale à stato regolarmente acquisito dalla nostra Libreria. Numero pagine 175.

  • Language: English

    Published by Birkhäuser, Basel, Switzerland, 2011

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    Hardcover. color pictorial boards w/ white printing. 175 pgs w/ color illustrations. Text in English. Illustrated throughout. VG (three fine indentations to back upper board edge. light rubbing to corners & spine edges. very tightly bound; likely unread).

  • Language: English

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  • Language: German

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    gebunden. Condition: Neu. Neu -Die Gestaltung von Gärten und Parks muss sich immer wieder neu mit klassischen Themen auseinandersetzen: dem Verhältnis von Romantik und Funktionalität, der Beziehung zwischen Pflanzen und »harten« Materialien, zwischen naturnahen und formalisierten Bereichen, der Inszenierung der Blicke und Wege und vieles mehr. Die historischen Gartentypen gelten bis heute als Orientierungsmarken für solche Gestaltungsfragen. Durch ihre Entwicklung über Jahrhunderte bietet der Chinesische Garten ein unerreichtes Maß an erprobten, weltweit bekannten Gestaltungslösungen. Der Band stellt den chinesischen Garten aus der Sicht der zeitgenössischen Landschafts- und Gartenarchitektur dar. Ausgehend von der beeindruckenden Schönheit der bedeutendsten Gärten wird der Weg zu den zentralen Kompositionsprinzipien, typischen Pflanzenverwendungen und ihren Einsatzmöglichkeiten in aktuellen Projekten gewiesen, um vielfältiges Anregungspotenzial für eigene Entwürfe und Gestaltungen zu liefern. Das Panorama reicht von den erhaltenen historischen Gärten bis hin zu modernen Beispielen wie dem Garten an der Bank of China in Hongkong, den I. M. Pei selbst entworfen hat, der Flussufergestaltung am Yiwu von Ai Weiwei, dem »Garten des wiedergewonnenen Mondes« in Berlin oder dem Botanischen Garten Shanghais von Valentien+Valentien Landschaftsarchitekten. 176 pp. Deutsch.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 224 pages. 8.66x2.00x11.02 inches. In Stock.

  • Language: English

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  • Language: English

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    Hardback. Condition: New. All cities increasingly have to deal with the effects of climate change, and especially with extreme weather events. As the urban grounds' absorptive capacity is limited, stormwater emerges as a challenging agent that reveals the intrinsic fragilities of built fabrics. Stormwater offers a systematic presentation of design strategies and a comparative analysis of stormwater-embracing open spaces. Investigating the four categories of urban parks, neighborhood parks, squares, and streets, the authors present 26 European best-practice case studies with photos, project descriptions, and drawings. These sites were conceived as amphibious landscapes that dynamically adjust to both dry and wet conditions. The atlas demonstrates how to effectively respond to stormwater and engage it as a design medium, investigating the varied possibilities it offers in the articulation of adaptive urban landscapes.Examples by renowned landscape designers such as Agence Ter, Bureau Bas Smets, Michel Desvigne Paysagisteor Henning LarsenSystematic presentation of design strategies and comparative analysis of stormwater-embracing designsAll case studies are presented with photos, project description and drawings specifically prepared for this publication.

  • Language: English

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  • Language: English

    Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015

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    Series: Book 30 of 38 - Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture

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  • Language: English

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  • Language: English

    Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016

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    Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -All cities increasingly have to deal with the effects of climate change, and especially with extreme weather events. As the urban grounds' absorptive capacity is limited, stormwater emerges as a challenging agent that reveals the intrinsic fragilities of built fabrics. Stormwater offers a systematic presentation of design strategies and a comparative analysis of stormwater-embracing open spaces. Investigating the four categories of urban parks, neighborhood parks, squares, and streets, the authors present 26 European best-practice case studies with photos, project descriptions, and drawings. These sites were conceived as amphibious landscapes that dynamically adjust to both dry and wet conditions. The atlas demonstrates how to effectively respond to stormwater and engage it as a design medium, investigating the varied possibilities it offers in the articulation of adaptive urban landscapes.Examples by renowned landscape designers such as Agence Ter, Bureau Bas Smets, Michel Desvigne Paysagisteor Henning LarsenSystematic presentation of design strategies and comparative analysis of stormwater-embracing designsAll case studies are presented with photos, project description and drawings specifically prepared for this publication; Alle Städte müssen sich zunehmend mit den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels sund insbesondere mit extremen Wetterereignissen auseinandersetzen. Da die Aufnahmefähigkeit des städtischen Bodens begrenzt ist, erweist sich Regenwasser als eine Herausforderung, die die inhärente Anfälligkeit der bebauten Struktur offenbart. Stormwater bietet eine systematische Darstellung von Gestaltungsstrategien und eine vergleichende Analyse von wasserintegrativen Freiflächen. Anhand der vier Kategorien Stadtparks, Nachbarschaftsparks, Plätze und Straßen stellen die Autorinnen 26 europäische Best-Practice-Fallstudien mit Fotos, Projektbeschreibungen und Zeichnungen vor. Diese Standorte wurden als amphibische Landschaften konzipiert, die sich dynamisch sowohl an trockene als auch an nasse Bedingungen anpassen. Der Atlas zeigt, wie man effektiv auf Regenwasser reagiert und es als Gestaltungsmittel einbezieht, und untersucht die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten, die es bei der Gestaltung adaptiver städtischer Landschaften bietet.Beispiele von renommierten Landschaftsarchitekten wie Agence Ter, Bureau Bas Smets, Michel Desvigne Paysagiste oder Henning LarsenSystematische Darstellung von Gestaltungsstrategien und vergleichende Analyse von wasserintegrativen GestaltungenAlle Fallstudien werden mit Fotos, Projektbeschreibungen und Zeichnungen präsentiert, die speziell für diese Publikation angefertigt wurden 296 pp. Englisch.

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    Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -All cities increasingly have to deal with the effects of climate change, and especially with extreme weather events. As the urban grounds' absorptive capacity is limited, stormwater emerges as a challenging agent that reveals the intrinsic fragilities of built fabrics. Stormwater offers a systematic presentation of design strategies and a comparative analysis of stormwater-embracing open spaces. Investigating the four categories of urban parks, neighborhood parks, squares, and streets, the authors present 26 European best-practice case studies with photos, project descriptions, and drawings. These sites were conceived as amphibious landscapes that dynamically adjust to both dry and wet conditions. The atlas demonstrates how to effectively respond to stormwater and engage it as a design medium, investigating the varied possibilities it offers in the articulation of adaptive urban landscapes.Examples by renowned landscape designers such as Agence Ter, Bureau Bas Smets, Michel Desvigne Paysagisteor Henning LarsenSystematic presentation of design strategies and comparative analysis of stormwater-embracing designsAll case studies are presented with photos, project description and drawings specifically prepared for this publication; Alle Städte müssen sich zunehmend mit den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels sund insbesondere mit extremen Wetterereignissen auseinandersetzen. Da die Aufnahmefähigkeit des städtischen Bodens begrenzt ist, erweist sich Regenwasser als eine Herausforderung, die die inhärente Anfälligkeit der bebauten Struktur offenbart. Stormwater bietet eine systematische Darstellung von Gestaltungsstrategien und eine vergleichende Analyse von wasserintegrativen Freiflächen. Anhand der vier Kategorien Stadtparks, Nachbarschaftsparks, Plätze und Straßen stellen die Autorinnen 26 europäische Best-Practice-Fallstudien mit Fotos, Projektbeschreibungen und Zeichnungen vor. Diese Standorte wurden als amphibische Landschaften konzipiert, die sich dynamisch sowohl an trockene als auch an nasse Bedingungen anpassen. Der Atlas zeigt, wie man effektiv auf Regenwasser reagiert und es als Gestaltungsmittel einbezieht, und untersucht die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten, die es bei der Gestaltung adaptiver städtischer Landschaften bietet.Beispiele von renommierten Landschaftsarchitekten wie Agence Ter, Bureau Bas Smets, Michel Desvigne Paysagiste oder Henning LarsenSystematische Darstellung von Gestaltungsstrategien und vergleichende Analyse von wasserintegrativen GestaltungenAlle Fallstudien werden mit Fotos, Projektbeschreibungen und Zeichnungen präsentiert, die speziell für diese Publikation angefertigt wurden 296 pp. Englisch.

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    Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Alle Städte müssen sich zunehmend mit den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels sund insbesondere mit extremen Wetterereignissen auseinandersetzen. Da die Aufnahmefähigkeit des städtischen Bodens begrenzt ist, erweist sich Regenwasser als eine Herausforderung, die die inhärente Anfälligkeit der bebauten Struktur offenbart. Stormwater bietet eine systematische Darstellung von Gestaltungsstrategien und eine vergleichende Analyse von wasserintegrativen Freiflächen. Anhand der vier Kategorien Stadtparks, Nachbarschaftsparks, Plätze und Straßen stellen die Autorinnen 26 europäische Best-Practice-Fallstudien mit Fotos, Projektbeschreibungen und Zeichnungen vor. Diese Standorte wurden als amphibische Landschaften konzipiert, die sich dynamisch sowohl an trockene als auch an nasse Bedingungen anpassen. Der Atlas zeigt, wie man effektiv auf Regenwasser reagiert und es als Gestaltungsmittel einbezieht, und untersucht die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten, die es bei der Gestaltung adaptiver städtischer Landschaften bietet.- Beispiele von renommierten Landschaftsarchitekten wie Agence Ter, Bureau Bas Smets, Michel Desvigne Paysagiste oder Henning Larsen- Systematische Darstellung von Gestaltungsstrategien und vergleichende Analyse von wasserintegrativen Gestaltungen- Alle Fallstudien werden mit Fotos, Projektbeschreibungen und Zeichnungen präsentiert, die speziell für diese Publikation angefertigt wurden.

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    Published by , Birkhauser Architecture, 2011

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    rilegato hardcover. Condition: Ottimo (Fine). 2011. Copertina editoriale rigida. 175 p.; Ill.; 28 cmLRD.3. Book.

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    Published by Birkhäuser Berlin, 2011

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    Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - With their centuries-long development, the English landscape garden, the formal French garden, as well Japanese and Chinese gardens constitute an unparalleled repository of design solutions familiar throughout the world. They are frequently drawn upon as reference works, but often in a piecemeal and haphazard fashion and from botanical or art-historical vantage points. That is where the books of this new series come in. They present the various garden types from the perspective of contemporary landscape and garden design. Starting from the formidable beauty of the world's most distinguished gardens, they point the way toward the essential compositional principles, the plants most commonly utilized and their most characteristic uses, and the possibilities for employing them in contemporary projects, thus providing readers with a rich source of inspiration for their own designs and creations. The panorama of 'The Chinese Garden' stretches from the surviving historical gardens all the way to such modern examples as the garden at the Bank of China in Hong Kong (designed by I. M. Pei), Ai Weiwei's Yiwu Riverbank Park, the Garden of Flowering Fragrance in the Los Angeles, California, region and the Garden of Awakening Orchids in Portland, Oregon.

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    Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, US, 2016

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    Hardback. Condition: New. Europeans may be said to have first encountered the Chinese garden in Marco Polo's narrative of his travels through the Mongol Empire and his years at the court of Kublai Khan. His account of a man-made lake abundant with fish, a verdant green hill lush with trees, raised walkways, and a plethora of beasts and birds took root in the European imagination as the description of a kind of Eden. Beginning in the sixteenth century, permanent interaction between Europe and China took form, and Jesuit missionaries and travelers recorded in letters and memoirs their admiration of Chinese gardens for their seeming naturalness. In the eighteenth century, European taste for chinoiserie reached its height, and informed observers of the Far East discovered that sophisticated and codified design principles lay behind the apparent simplicity of the Chinese garden. The widespread appreciation of the eighteenth century gave way to rejection in the nineteenth, a result of tensions over practical concerns such as trade imbalances and symbolized by the destruction of the imperial park of Yuanming yuan by a joint Anglo-French military expedition. In Ideas of Chinese Gardens, Bianca Maria Rinaldi has gathered an unparalleled collection of westerners' accounts, many freshly translated and all expertly annotated, as well as images that would have accompanied the texts as they circulated in Europe. Representing a great diversity of materials and literary genres, Rinaldi's book includes more than thirty-five sources that span centuries, countries, languages, occupational biases, and political aims. By providing unmediated firsthand accounts of the testimony of these travelers and expatriates, Rinaldi illustrates how the Chinese garden was progressively lifted out of the realm of fantasy into something that could be compared with, and have an impact on, European traditions.

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    Hardback. Condition: New. With their centuries-long development, the English landscape garden, the formal French garden, as well Japanese and Chinese gardens constitute an unparalleled repository of design solutions familiar throughout the world. They are frequently drawn upon as reference works, but often in a piecemeal and haphazard fashion and from botanical or art-historical vantage points. That is where the books of this new series come in. They present the various garden types from the perspective of contemporary landscape and garden design. Starting from the formidable beauty of the world's most distinguished gardens, they point the way toward the essential compositional principles, the plants most commonly utilized and their most characteristic uses, and the possibilities for employing them in contemporary projects, thus providing readers with a rich source of inspiration for their own designs and creations. The panorama of " The Chinese Garden" stretches from the surviving historical gardens all the way to such modern examples as the garden at the Bank of China in Hong Kong (designed by I. M. Pei), Ai Weiwei's Yiwu Riverbank Park, the Garden of Flowering Fragrance in the Los Angeles, California, region and the Garden of Awakening Orchids in Portland, Oregon.

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