Landscape modernism renounced : the career of Christopher Tunnard (1910-1979) / / David Jacques and Jan Woudstra ; with contributions by Elen Deming ... [et al.] ; with foreword by Christopher (Rusty) Tunnard
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| Autore: |
Jacques David
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| Titolo: |
Landscape modernism renounced : the career of Christopher Tunnard (1910-1979) / / David Jacques and Jan Woudstra ; with contributions by Elen Deming ... [et al.] ; with foreword by Christopher (Rusty) Tunnard
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 712.092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Landscape architects - British Columbia |
| Modern movement (Architecture) | |
| Landscape design - England - History - 20th century | |
| Landscape design - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Altri autori: |
WoudstraJan
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| Note generali: | "In association with the Landscape Design Trust." |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table ofContents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Foreword; 1 Prolegomena; Part I Biography; 2 Britain; 3 America; Part II Landscape and urbanism; 4 A technique for the twentieth century; 5 Landscape design; 6 Civic art and design; 7 From Wisley to A World with a View: the metamorphosis of a landscape architect; Annex A: Brief biographical facts; Annex B: Tunnard's principal landscape designs; Annex C: Tunnard's writings; Annex D: Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Before the Second World War landscape architect Christopher Tunnard was the first author on Modernism in Landscape in the English language, but later became alarmed by the destructive forces of Post-war reconstruction. Between the 1950s and the 1970s he was in the forefront of the movement to save the city, becoming an acclaimed author sympathetic to preservation.Ironically it was the Modernist ethos that he had so fervently advocated before the war that was the justification for the dismemberment of great cities by officials, engineers and planners. This was not the first tim |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Landscape modernism renounced |
| ISBN: | 1-136-61633-0 |
| 1-283-60609-7 | |
| 9786613918543 | |
| 1-136-61634-9 | |
| 0-203-51404-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823237603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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