Landscapes of change : innovative designs and reinvented sites / Roxi Thoren.

Landscape architecture projects have always begun with the site. As the practice of landscape architecture has changed so have the types of sites that designers are taking on. Projects now have to help connect neighborhoods, manage stormwater, cool urban centers, and provide wildlife habitats. In La...

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Main Author: Thoren, Roxi
Language:English
Published: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, Inc., 2014.
Subjects:
Landscape architecture > Case studies.
Reclamation of land > Case studies.
Landscape architecture.
Reclamation of land.
Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Infrastructure: rethinking public works
  • Marco Polo Airport Car Park, Mestre, Italy
  • Moses Bridge at Fort de Roovere, Halsteren, the Netherlands
  • Queens Plaza, Queens, New York
  • Solar Strand, University at Buffalo north campus, Amherst, New York
  • Coastal levees and Lone Star Coastal National Recreation Area, Upper Texas Gulf Coast
  • Postindustrial landscapes: reclaiming sites of industry
  • Paddington Reservoir Gardens, Sydney, Australia
  • Jaffa Landfill Park, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Salvation Army Kroc Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Haute Deûle River Banks, Lille, France
  • Northala Fields, London borough of Ealing, England
  • Vegetated architecture: living roofs and walls
  • European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Hypar Pavilion, New York, New York
  • Park TMB, Barcelona, Spain
  • Essent Roofgardens, Den Bosch, the Netherlands
  • Seymour-Capilano Filtration Plant, Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Ecological urbanism: design informed by natural systems
  • Teardrop Park, New York, New York
  • Péage Sauvage, Nantes, France
  • Buffalo Bayou Promenade, Houston, Texas
  • Wijkeroogpark, Velsen-Noord, the Netherlands
  • Kokkedal Climate Adaptation Plan, Kokkedal, Denmark
  • Edible landscapes: agriculture in the city
  • Gary Comer Youth Center Roof Garden, Chicago, Illinois
  • Beacon Food Forest, Seattle, Washington
  • Prinzessinnengarten, Berlin, Germany
  • Public Farm 1, Queens, New York
  • Grünewald Public Orchard, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.