Avant gardeners : 50 visionaries of the contemporary landscape (Record no. 70677)
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| fixed length control field | 06434 a2200157 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780500288269 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 712 |
| Item number | RIC |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Richardson, Tim |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Avant gardeners : 50 visionaries of the contemporary landscape |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Thames and Hudson |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 352p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents<br/>Foreword by Martha Schwartz 8 <br/>Introduction by Tim Richardson 9 <br/>ESSAYS<br/>Concept 32 <br/>The theoretical basis for - and a definition of landscape conceptualism. 32<br/>History 96 <br/>The ways in which conceptualist designers both deny and embrace ideas of history.<br/>Nature 144<br/>Conceptual1sts lead the charge against lazy, politically expedient ·eco· solutions.<br/>Plants and Other Materials 200 <br/>Colour, artificiality, surrealism and green growing things.<br/>Maxims Towards a Conceptualist Attitude to Landscape Design 232 <br/>More mlni-festo than manifesto: notes on conceptualist reality.<br/>The Conceptualist Garden Show 264 <br/>The best international showcase for conceptual work?<br/>Psychotopia 304 <br/>An anatomy of landscape atmosphere: the importance of invisibles.<br/>DESIGNERS<br/>Atelier Big City 10<br/>MONTREAL<br/>Trio of achitects who play with concepts of scale, colour, volume, material and structure.<br/>Lodewijk Balijon 14<br/>AMSTERDAM<br/>Analytical design with an emphasis on elegance and a certain 'looseness'.<br/>Thomas Balsley 18<br/>NEW YORK<br/>Modernist landscape architecture with conceptualist tweaks.<br/>Julia Barton 22 <br/>NORTHUMBERLAND [UK]<br/>Conceptualist artist working on large-scale installations using plant material.<br/>BCA Landscape 26<br/>LIVERPOOL (UK)<br/>Industrial and folk memories provide source material for inner-city conceptural practice.<br/>Petra Blaisse 42<br/>AMSTERDAM<br/>Highly personalized corss-disciplinary art projects.<br/>Jean-Pierre Brazs 48 <br/>PARIS<br/>Site-specific land art and conceptualist sculpture.<br/>Susanne Burger 54 <br/>MUNICH<br/>Outdoor conceptualist installations in functional landscape-architecture settings.<br/>Cao Perrot Studio 60 <br/>LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK AND PARIS<br/>Deeply personalized conceptual statements utilizing innovative materials.<br/>Paul Cooper 66 <br/>POWYS [UK]<br/>Pioneering material experimentation including use of exterior video.<br/>Claude Cormier 70 <br/>MONTREAL<br/>Exuberant, witty, no-holds-barred urban landscape conceptualism.<br/>Topher Delaney 78 <br/>SAN FRANCISCO<br/>Complex and vividly realized garden spaces that unite architecture and horticulture .<br/>Herbert Dreiseitl 86 <br/>UBERLINGEN [GERMANY)<br/>The world's leading conceptualist water designer, a maker of liquid narratives .<br/>DS Landschapsarchitecten 90 <br/>AMSTERDAM<br/>Long-established art-based conceptualist practice characterized by clarity of vision .<br/>Monika Gora 106 <br/>MALMO [SWEDEN)<br/>Strident forms and ideas which blur the boundaries between art and design .<br/>Gross.Max 114 <br/>EDINBURGH<br/>Colourful and 1maginat1ve public-space solutions which address the complexities of the urban environment.<br/>Gustafson Porter 122 <br/>LONDON AND SEATTLE<br/>Elegantly sculpted, coolly uncluttered public space design.<br/>Fritz Haeg 130 <br/>LOS ANGELES<br/>Provocative horticultural installations in suburbia.<br/>Paula Hayes 132 <br/>NEW YORK<br/>A distinctive artistic vision melded with horticultural curiosity<br/>Tony Heywood 138 <br/>LONDON<br/>Dramatic landscape installations, massive writhing forms and botanical minutiae.<br/>Patricia Johanson 154 <br/>BUSKIRK [USA]<br/>Ecologically inspired organo-conceptualism from Korea to Canada.<br/>Karres en Brands 156 <br/>HILVERSUM [THE NETHERLANDS]<br/>Uncompromisingly high-concept public park design.<br/>Klahn + Singer 160<br/>KARLSRUHE (GERMANY)<br/>Horticultural and architectural formal experimentation go hand in hand.<br/>Land-I 166<br/>ROME<br/>Art collective who construct highly worked-out landscape installations.<br/>Die LandschaftsArchitekten 170<br/>WIESBADEN (GERMANY)<br/>Structural minimalism offset by extensive plantings and conceptual humour.<br/>Lutzow 7 180<br/>BERLIN<br/>Long-established deconstructivist practice promoting a visionary conceptual outlook.<br/>William Martin 184 <br/>NOORAT [AUSTRALIA]<br/>Individualist garden-maker melding sculptural artefacts and botanical know-how.<br/>Shunrnyo Masuno 186 <br/>YOKOHAMA [JAPAN]<br/>Classical Japanese design meets contemporary landscape conceptualism.<br/>Metagardens 194 <br/>LONDON<br/>Organically morphing and growing garden and building structures.<br/>Meyer + Silberberg 198<br/>BERKELEY [USA]<br/>Elegant, understated Modernism with unexpected conceptual twists.<br/>Helle Nebelong 210<br/>GENTOFTE (DENMARK) <br/>Environmentally ordered children's playground design.<br/>Nip Paysage 216<br/>MONTREAL<br/>Delicate and cheeky park and garden design.<br/>Antonio Perazzi 222<br/>MILAN<br/>Sensuous planting design with conceptualist underpinnings.<br/>Plant 224 <br/>TORONTO<br/>Rehabilitation of difficult sites through 'experiential design'.<br/>Philippe Rahm 230 <br/>PARIS AND LAUSANNE [SWITZERLAND]<br/>Theoretical explorations of the conceptualist landscape through thermal modelling .<br/>RCH Studios 242 <br/>LOS ANGELES<br/>Exploratory and interdisciplinary conceptual landscape design .<br/>Janet Rosenberg 250 <br/>TORONTO<br/>Versatile conceptualism that works on all scales.<br/>Mario Schjetnan 254 <br/>MEXICO CITY<br/>Socially motivated Conceptual-Modernist work informed by history.<br/>Martha Schwartz 256 <br/>CAMBRIDGE (USA) ANO LONDON<br/>The pioneer of conceptual1sm. always moving forward.<br/>Vladimir Sitta 274 <br/>SURRY HILLS [AUSTRALIA]<br/>Surreal and uncompromising conceptual design.<br/>SLA 278 <br/>COPENHAGEN<br/>Conceptual design which aims to capture a balance between nature and urban experience.<br/>Ken Smith 284 <br/>NEW YORK<br/>The conceptualist who disavows concepts : starting urban interruptions.<br/>Taylor Cullity Lethlean 290 <br/>PRINCES HILL AND ADELAIDE (AUSTRALIA)<br/>Functional, imaginative, distinctively Australian work.<br/>Topotek 1 298 <br/>BERLIN<br/>Conceptual landscape design with a light and humorous touch.<br/>Trinidad 314<br/>Theoretical outfit with groundbreaking conceptualist landscape ideas.<br/>Michael Van Valkenburgh 318<br/>NEW YORK AND CAMBRIDGE (USA)<br/>Sensual, experiential landscapes, mediated by raw nature.<br/>Brita von Schoenaich 326<br/>PETERSHAM (UK)<br/>Individualistic designer creating her own tradition.<br/>WES & Partner 330<br/>HAMBURG<br/>Flexible, functional spatial design based on conceptual artistic principles.<br/>West 8 336 <br/>ROTTERDAM<br/>Well-established conceptualist outfit working on a large scale.<br/>Directory 344<br/> |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | USA |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | FA |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Landscape architects |
| -- | Landscape architecture |
| -- | Landscape design |
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