1st Edition

The Cultured Landscape Designing the Environment in the 21st Century

Edited By Sheila Harvey, Ken Fieldhouse Copyright 2005
    208 Pages
    by Taylor & Francis

    192 Pages
    by Taylor & Francis

    This book poses important philosophical questions about the aims, values and purposes of landscape architecture. The editors, highly regarded in their field, have drawn together a distinguished team of writers who provide unique individual perspectives on contemporary themes from a wide base of knowledge. Altogether, this key international study raises awareness of the landscape and encourages innovative ways of thinking about quality in design.

    Foreword (Alexander Garvin)  Dedication  Preface  Introduction by Sheila Harvey  Part 1: The theoretical, cultural, philosophical implications of landscape  1. Landscape as a way of knowing the world, by Simon Swaffield  2. Music-makers and the dreamers of dreams, by John Hopkins  Part 2: Design context  3. Making places different, by Alan Tate  4. Designer, client and user, by Martha Schwartz  Part 3: The benefits of the process and its place in the wider environmental agenda  5. Who benefits from landscape architecture?, by Catharine Ward Thompson  6. The environmental agenda – a personal view, by Merrick Denton-Thompson  Part 4: The search for a creative way forward  7. The future – landscape design in the 21st century, by Peter Neal and John Hopkins  Biographical notes  photo  credits  index

    Biography

    Sheila Harvey, Ken Fieldhouse

    'An ideal starting point for an understanding of the contemporary debates about the role which public landscapes now play in people's lives ... the photographs are very helpful, and give a flavour of contemporary design and masterplanning issues.' –Green Places