Meaning in landscape architecture & gardens : four essays, four commentaries / / essays by Jane Gillette. [et al.] ; edited by Marc Treib

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 712/.2
• Soggetto topico: Landscape design; Landscapes - Psychological aspects
• Altri autori: GilletteJane Brown TreibMarc
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Form, meaning, and expression in landscape architecture / Laurie Olin -- 2. Must landscapes mean? : approaches to significance in recent landscape architecture / Marc Treib -- 3. Can gardens mean? / Jane Gillette -- 4. Gardens can mean / Susan Herrington.
• Sommario/riassunto: While we all live our lives in designed landscapes of various types, only on occasion do we consider what these landscapes mean to us and how they have acquired that significance. Can a landscape architect or garden designer really imbue new settings with meaning, or does meaning evolve over time, created by those who perceive and use these landscapes? What role does the selection and arrangement of plants and hard materials play in this process and just where does the passage of time enter into the equation?These questions collectively provide the core material for Meaning in La
• Altri titoli varianti: Meaning in landscape architecture and gardens
• Titolo autorizzato: Meaning in landscape architecture & gardens
• ISBN: 1-136-80458-7; 1-138-47344-8; 1-283-10364-8; 9786613103642; 0-203-82789-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813612403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II