Contemporary Trends in Landscape Architecture

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John Wiley & Sons, Nov 14, 1996 - Architecture - 348 pages
This book showcases new trends in the vital and changing field of landscape design. Important contemporary concerns affecting the landscape professional are considered: the impact of recent scientific research, historic preservation, populations with unique needs, international practices, and much more.
 

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Contents

Rex Wassermann landscape architect New York City Department of Parks
3
Robert T Zappalorti Environmental Impact State
20
AIDS MEMORIAL GARDENS
31
San Francisco AIDS Memorial Grove San Francisco CA
39
POPULATIONS WITH UNIQUE NEEDS
55
Jeffrey Miller landscape architect San Francisco CA
66
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
97
Richard Wells National Park Service New York City and HannaOlin Ltd Landscape
126
Stewart + Kleinman landscape architects New York City
235
Edwina Von Gal landscape designer Long Island City NY
246
Richard Haag Associates landscape architect Seattle
258
Menke and Menke landscape architects Swarthmore PA
268
Wallace Roberts Todd landscape architects Philadelphia PA
274
Weintraub di Domenico landscape architects New York City
282
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
297
Professors Julius Fabos and Jack Ahern landscape architects
312

INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE
141
Terragram LTD landscape architect New South Wales Australia Vladimir Sitta
168
ECLECTICISM
185
Robert Mowat Associates landscape architects San Francisco CA
197
RESIDENCES AND HOUSING
215
Jones Jones Seattle WA
320
APPENDIX OF FIRMS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH ADDRESSES AND CREDITS
329
Index
335
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Steven L. Cantor
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About the author (1996)

About the Author Steven L. Cantor, Registered Landscape Architect, is former Vice President of Clarke + Rapuano Inc., an interdisciplinary engineering and landscape architecture firm located in New York City. His career spans more than 20 years, and includes academic positions at the University of Georgia School of Environmental Design and the University of Colorado College of Environmental Design. Mr. Cantor holds a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, a Masters Degree in Music from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Columbia University, New York City.

Bibliographic information

TitleContemporary Trends in Landscape Architecture
AuthorSteven L. Cantor
Editionillustrated
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 1996
ISBN0471287911, 9780471287919
Length348 pages
Subjects › 

Architecture / General
Architecture / Landscape
  
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