The Granite Garden Urban Nature And Human Design

1984 president s award of excellence american society of landscape architects.

The granite garden urban nature and human design.

Anne whiston spirn author of the award winning the granite garden. Urban nature and human design. Urban nature and human design argues that the language of landscape exists with its own syntax grammar and metaphors and that we imperil ourselves by failing to learn to read and speak this language. Urban nature and human design.

The granite garden is a book about nature in cities and what the city could be like if designed in concert with natural processes rather than in ignorance of them or in outright opposition. This bar code number lets you verify that you re getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. It presents synthesizes and applies knowledge from many disciplines to show how cities are part of nature and to demonstrate how they can be planned and designed in concert with natural processes rather than in conflict. Stadsecologie playgrounds bescherming protection plattelandskern natural history natuurbescherming nature conservation speelterreinen rural settlement steden nature urban ecology human ecology city planning environmental aspects urbanisme aspect de l environnement landscape architecture architecture du paysage e cologie humaine stadtplanung.

This eloquent and powerful book combines poetry and pragmatism to teach the language of landscape. Start your review of the granite garden. Design and planning oriented book that does a nice job of describing urban areas and their connection to their geographic settings. Sep 14 2012 theresa rated it really liked it.

The granite garden. This award winning book by a harvard landscape architect proves how important it is to understand the natural settings of cities their air water geology plant and animal life to create better more habitable urban environments. Urban nature and human design by anne w. Spirn anne whiston 1947.

My goal was to transform the way people think about cities and thus to change the way cities are designed and built. Spirn author 3 7 out of 5 stars 2 ratings. The 13 digit and 10 digit formats both work.