The Shape of the Land
Topography & Landscape Architecture
Marc Treib author Marc Treib editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oro Editions
Published:9th Jun '23
Should be back in stock very soon
The Shape of the Land: Topography & Landscape Architecture — the first book to centre on this subject — presents the contributions of 13 well-known practitioners and academics who discuss the forms and ramifications of reconfiguring terrain. The essays range in content from pre-industrial precedents in the work of Humphry Repton to new digital topographic modelling systems without the use of contour lines, the treatment of waste products to the land art of the American Southwest.
Practicing landscape architects focusing on the modelling of topography in the works considering both utility and aesthetics. In all, the book reviews the history, reasons, and results of at least three centuries of topographic interventions, while suggesting pathways into the future — as new technology and new necessities increase the functional demands placed upon landscape architects, while at the same time potentially offering new forms of artistic expression.
ISBN: 9781957183244
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1734g
288 pages