Cornelia Hahn Oberlander - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cornelia Hahn Oberlander write by Susan Herrington. This book was released on 2014-01-01. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander is one of the most important landscape architects of the twentieth century, yet despite her lasting influence, few outside the field know her name. Her work has been instrumental in the development of the late-twentieth-century design ethic, and her early years working with architectural luminaries such as Louis Kahn and Dan Kiley prepared her to bring a truly modern—and audaciously abstract—sensibility to the landscape design tradition. In Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, Susan Herrington draws upon archival research, site analyses, and numerous interviews with Oberlander and her collaborators to offer the first biography of this adventurous and influential landscape architect. Born in 1921, Oberlander fled Nazi Germany at the age of eighteen with her family, going on to become one of the few women to graduate from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design in the late 1940s. For six decades she has practiced socially responsible and ecologically sensitive planning for public landscapes, including the 1970s design of the Robson Square landscape and its adjoining Provincial Law Courts—one of Vancouver’s most famous spaces. Herrington places Oberlander within a larger social and aesthetic context, chronicling both her personal and professional trajectory and her work in New York, Philadelphia, Vancouver, Seattle, Berlin, Toronto, and Montreal. Oberlander is a progenitor of some of the most significant currents informing landscape architecture today, particularly in the area of ecological focus. In her thorough biography, Herrington draws much-deserved attention to one of the truly important figures in landscape architecture.
Love Every Leaf
Love Every Leaf - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Love Every Leaf write by Kathy Stinson. This book was released on 2008. Love Every Leaf available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tells the remarkable story of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, who, at a young age and in the wake of Hitler's persecution of the Jews, pursued her dream of becoming a landscape architect, struggling to carve out a place for herself in a male-dominated profession.
Pioneers of American Landscape Design
Pioneers of American Landscape Design - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pioneers of American Landscape Design write by Charles A. Birnbaum. This book was released on 1995. Pioneers of American Landscape Design available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Trees in the City
Trees in the City - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Trees in the City write by Ira Bruce Nadel. This book was released on 2013-10-22. Trees in the City available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Trees in the City provides an introduction to the process of humanizing the cityscape and guide to planting trees in city conditions. This book focuses on four basic concepts. First, trees play an essential role in human's urban life. Second, people must become aware of the environmental, esthetic, social, and political importance of trees. Third, trees need to be integrated with the pattern and function of urban activity. Finally, the design, placement, and maintenance of trees on city streets are the responsibility of everyone in the community. The topics discussed include a short history of trees in the city; environmental and esthetic relation of trees, human, and the city; tree choices and features; and designing a city street—models, problems, and matrixes. This publication is beneficial to landscape architects and individuals interested in tree planting in urban areas.
Design With Microclimate
Design With Microclimate - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Design With Microclimate write by Robert D. Brown. This book was released on 2010-09-02. Design With Microclimate available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Robert Brown helps us see that a "thermally comfortable microclimate" is the very foundation of well-designed and well-used outdoor places. Brown argues that as we try to minimize human-induced changes to the climate and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels-as some areas become warmer, some cooler, some wetter, and some drier, and all become more expensive to regulate-good microclimate design will become increasingly important. In the future, according to Brown, all designers will need to understand climatic issues and be able to respond to their challenges. Brown describes the effects that climate has on outdoor spaces-using vivid illustrations and examples-while providing practical tools that can be used in everyday design practice. The heart of the book is Brown's own design process, as he provides useful guidelines that lead designers clearly through the complexity of climate data, precedents, site assessment, microclimate modification, communication, design, and evaluation. Brown strikes an ideal balance of technical information, anecdotes, examples, and illustrations to keep the book engaging and accessible. His emphasis throughout is on creating microclimates that attend to the comfort, health, and well-being of people, animals, and plants. Design with Microclimate is a vital resource for students and practitioners in landscape architecture, architecture, planning, and urban design.
