CONTENTS : List of Illustrationsix Preface xi Introduction 1 Simon Swaffield PART I. THE NATURE OF THEORY IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 7 Landscape for Living (1950)9 Garrett Eckbo How to Study Landscape (1980)11 J. B. Jackson Origins of Theory (1990)19 James Corner Theory in Crisis (1991)20 James Corner Situating Modern Landscape Architecture (1992)21 Elizabeth Meyer PART II. DESIGN PROCESS33 Design Process (1950)35 Hideo Sasaki The Art of Site Planning (1984)37 Kevin Lynch and Gary Hack An Ecological Method (1967)38 lan McHarg The RSVP Cycles (1969)43 Lawrence Halprin Community Design (1974)49 Randolph Hester, Jr. Site Design (1984)57 Kevin Lynch and Gary Hack Creative Risk Taking (1983)58 Steven Krog The Obligation of Invention (1998)64 Bernard Lassus PART III. FORM, MEANING, AND EXPERIENCE73 Form, Meaning, and Expression (1988)77 Laurie Olin The Landscape of Man (1987)80 Geoffrey and Susan Jellicoe New Lives, New Landscapes (1970)82 Nan Fairbrother Cubist Space, Volumetric Space (1988)84 Patrick Condon Minimalist Landscape (1997)87 Peter Walker Must Landscapes Mean? (1995)89 Marc Treib Place Reclamation (1993)102 Edward Relph Three Dimensions of Meaning (1994)104 Robert Thayer Systems, Signs, and Sensibilities (1987)108 Catherine Howett De/Re/In [form] ing Landscape (1991)116 Peter Jacobs PART IV. SOCIETY, LANGUAGE, AND THE REPRESENTATION OF LANDSCAPE123 The Language of Landscape (1998)125 Ann Whiston Spirn The Hermeneutic Landscape (1991)130 James Corner Reading and Writing the Site (1992)131 John Dixon Hunt Landscape Narratives (1998)136 Matthew Potteiger and jamie Purinton Representation and Landscape (1992)144 James Corner Landscape as Cultural Product (1984)165 Denis Cosgrove The Expanded Field of Landscape Architecture (1997)167 Elizabeth Meyer PART V. ECOLOGICAL DESIGN AND THE AESTHETICS OF SUSTAINABILITY171 Design with Nature (1969)173 lan McHarg The Granite Garden (1984)173 Ann Whiston Spirn An Ecological Approach (1982)175 Alan Ruff Design for Human Ecosystems (1985)178 John T. Lyle Can Floating Seeds Make Deep Forms? (1991)188 John T. Lyle Gray World, Green Heart (1994)189 Robert Thayer Messy Ecosystems, Orderly Frames (1995)196 Joan Iverson Nassauer PART VI. INTEGRATING SITE, PLACE, AND REGION207 Principles for Regional Design (1990)209 Michael Hough Signature-Based Landscape Design (1997)213 Joan Woodward Gardens from Region (1990)216 Terry Harkness Infrastructure as Landscape (1996)220 Gary Strang Conclusion: The Theoretical Terrain of Landscape Architecture227 Simon Swaffield Notes 231 Credits 257 Index 261 Acknowledgments267