Landscape for living / Garrett Eckbo

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Place of publication not identifed] : F.W. Dodge Corporation, c1950Description: 268 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB 472 .E35 1950
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation Environmental Planning GC SB 472 .E35 1950 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000017437

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.

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