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With populations decentralizing and cities sprawling ever-outward, 21st-century urban planners are challenged by the need to organize not just people but space itself. Hence a new architectural discourse has emerged: landscape urbanism. In The Landscape Urbanism Reader Charles Waldheim-who is at the forefront of this new movement-has assembled the definitive collection of essays by many of the field's top practitioners. Fourteen essays written by leading figures across a range of disciplines and from around the world, including James Corner, Linda Pollak, Alan Berger, Pierre Belanger and Julia Czerniak, capture the origins, the contemporary milieu and the aspirations of this relatively new field. The Landscape Urbanism Reader is an inspiring signal to the future of city making as well as an indispensable reference for students, teachers, architects and urban planners.
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Charles Waldheim is the editor of numerous books on landscape urbanism and the associate dean and director of the Landscape Architecture Program at the University of Toronto.
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In the opening years of the twenty-first century, that seemingly old fashioned term landscape has curiously come back into vogue. Read the first page
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Disappointed, April 7 2011
By Chris S. - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Landscape Urbanism Reader (Paperback)
I regret purchasing this book. The essays in the first half of the book were bogged down with academic jargon. After reading each sentence, I would have to go back and break down each word to get some understanding of what the author was stating. Reading the Aeneid in the original Latin was easier to understand. The later essays were clearer, but they did not give a good overview of Landscape Urbanism. If the authors wish to promote Landscape Urbanism to a broader segment of the population, they need to learn how to present their ideas in a clear and concise manner.
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A Must Have, July 4 2009
By Luke Keller "luke keller" - Published on Amazon.com
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This is a must read for any aspiring urban designer, landscape architect, or architect interested in current theories and practices relative to the future of our urban environment.
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The Landscape Urbanism Reader, April 10 2007
By Choi Na Mu "namutree" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Landscape Urbanism Reader (Paperback)
this book is really good to students who study Landscape Architecture.
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