Landscape for living /
Eckbo, Garrett.
Landscape for living / Garrett Eckbo - [Place of publication not identifed] : F.W. Dodge Corporation, c1950 - 268 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A. Background -- I. Why now -- II. What is landscape design? -- III. History -- IV. Through the eighteenth century -- V. Since the eighteenth century -- VI. The world we live in -- VII. The principles of design -- B. Theory -- VIII. The question of theory -- IX. Space and people -- X. Materials -- XI. Earth-rock-water -- XII. Plants and planting -- XIII. Structural elements -- C. Practice -- XIV. Specific conditions -- D. What next -- XV. From art to planning.
Presents a synthesis of Eckbo's thinking and professional work and sets forth his theoretical approach to achieving the "total landscape." Illustrations throughout the book feature his own designs for gardens, parks, and institutional projects, group housing from his graduate years, work for the Farm Security Administration, and projects by the firm of Eckbo, Royston and Williams.
CITY PLANNING
SB 472 .E35 1950
Landscape for living / Garrett Eckbo - [Place of publication not identifed] : F.W. Dodge Corporation, c1950 - 268 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A. Background -- I. Why now -- II. What is landscape design? -- III. History -- IV. Through the eighteenth century -- V. Since the eighteenth century -- VI. The world we live in -- VII. The principles of design -- B. Theory -- VIII. The question of theory -- IX. Space and people -- X. Materials -- XI. Earth-rock-water -- XII. Plants and planting -- XIII. Structural elements -- C. Practice -- XIV. Specific conditions -- D. What next -- XV. From art to planning.
Presents a synthesis of Eckbo's thinking and professional work and sets forth his theoretical approach to achieving the "total landscape." Illustrations throughout the book feature his own designs for gardens, parks, and institutional projects, group housing from his graduate years, work for the Farm Security Administration, and projects by the firm of Eckbo, Royston and Williams.
CITY PLANNING
SB 472 .E35 1950