Landscape infrastructure : case studies by SWA /

Landscape infrastructure : case studies by SWA / Ying-Yu Hung [and others] ; The Infrastructure Research Initiative at SWA (ed.). - 2nd, rev. ed. - Basel : Birkhäuser, ©2013. - 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)., color maps

Reading the recent work of SWA / Landscape infrastructure: systems of continguency, flexibility, and adaptability / Infrastructural ecologies: fluid, biotic, contingent / Second nature: new territories for the exiled / Modulating infrastructural flows to create open space / Buffalo Bayou Promenade + Rosemont Pedestrian Bridge> Houston Texas -- ANning River New South Town> Miyi Country, China -- California Academy of Sciences> San Francisco, California, USA -- Ningbo Eoc-Corridor> Ningbo, China -- Lewis Avenue Corridor> Las Vegas, Nevada, USA -- Gubei Pedestrian Promenade> Shanghai, China -- Milton Street Park> Los Angeles, California -- Shunde New City> Shunde, China -- Katy trail> Dallas, Texas, USA -- Beizhi River waterfront> Fuyang, China -- Central Open Space in Mac competition> Chungcheongnam-Do Province, South Korea -- Jeffrey Open Space Trail> Irvine, California, USA -- Master plan for the North Lake Region of Chongming Island> Shanghai, China -- Kyung-Chun closed railway renovation> Seoul, South Africa. Charles Waldheim -- Ying-Yu Hung -- Pierre Bélanger -- Adriaan Geuze and Matthew Skjonsberg -- Alexander Robinson --

Infrastructure, as we know it, no longer belongs in the exclusive realm of engineers and transportation planners. This book, now available in a second revised edition, examines the potential of landscape as infrastructure via essays by notable authors and supporting case studies by SWA landscape architects and urban designers.

9783034615853 (electronic bk.) 303461585X (electronic bk.) 3034612729 9783034612722

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Landscape architecture.
Land use--Planning.
Architecture du paysage.
Utilisation du sol--Planification.
ARCHITECTURE--Landscape.
GARDENING--Garden Design.
GARDENING--Landscape.
Land use--Planning.
Landscape architecture.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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