The Art of Landscape Detail Fundamentals, Practices, and Case Studies

, by Kirkwood, Niall

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ISBN: 9780471140443 | 0471140449
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 9/13/1999

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* Features more than 150 images illustrating forms and site detail from national and international built landscapes

NIALL KIRKWOOD, ASLA, is an associate professor of landscape architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and formerly a senior associate with Hanna/Olin Ltd., Landscape Architects, Philadelphia.

Acknowledgments

vii

(3)

Preface

Introduction

(10)

PART ONE FUNDAMENTALS

(98)

CHAPTER 1 LANDSCAPE AND DETAIL

(33)

CHAPTER 2 DETAIL CONCERNS

(30)

CHAPTER 3 APPROACHES AND THEMES

(34)

PART TWO PRACTICES

109

(112)

CHAPTER 4 CONSTRUCTING DETAIL

110

(46)

CHAPTER 5 DETAIL DURABILITY

156

(27)

CHAPTER 6 RESEARCH

183

(38)

PART THREE CASE STUDIES

221

(112)

CHAPTER 7 ASPECTS OF LANDSCAPE DETAIL DESIGN

222

(106)

A. Recessive Details in a Historic Public Setting Bryant Park Restoration and Improvement, New York, New York

224

(12)

B. Scaling of the Civic Landscape Detail Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, Boston, Massachusetts

236

(14)

C. Landscape Detail Improvisation in the Parking Lot The Citadel Grand Alice, Commerce, California

250

(18)

D. Organic Evolution: Concept to Detail Allied Plaza, Fountain Place, Dallas, Texas

268

(16)

E. Contrasting Surfaces and Edges: Expression and Materiality in Detail Design Allegheny Riverfront Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

284

(10)

F. Abstracting Nature's Details: A Planted Path Along a Cove South Cove, Battery Park City, New York, New York

294

(14)

G. Beyond the Wall: Surface Details for Public Access Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.

308

(10)

H. Landscape Details of Culture, Tradition, and Abstraction Parque Ecologico, Xochimilco, Mexico City

318

(10)

CHAPTER 8 POSTSCRIPT: POETICS AND PRAGMATICS

328

(5)

Appendix: Case Study References and Acknowledgements

333

(9)

Bibliography

342

(5)

Index

347

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The Art of Landscape Detail Fundamentals, Practices, and Case Studies

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