The authors in this book argue that our dedication to maintaining beautiful lawns is contributing to the serious environmental problems facing the planet and they offer strategies for creating and caring for aesthetically pleasing and ecologically sound lawns. This new edition updates the original text and adds a chapter and illustrations showing ...
Combining the insights of designers, theorists, engineers and artists this book examines the cultural, aesthetic and political effects of mapping techniques on the fields of cultural production in art, science and architecture In recent years, new digital mapping techniques have begun to alter profoundly the ways in which we measure and represent ...
In this book of photographs and commentary on gardens built by homeless or impoverished New York City inhabitants, Diana Balmori and Margaret Morton liberate the work garden from its transitional association with wealth and leisure, and connect it to a more ephemeral but not less powerful group of constructions made by people deprived of their ...
Land and Natural Development (LAND) Code offers a pioneering method to develop sites in harmony with natural processes. While the LAND Code can be readily used in conjunction with LEED, EPA, and other guidelines, it features several unique characteristics, including recommendations based on peer-reviewed scientific research, a system that is ...
After the attacks on the World Trade Center, the question of how cities renew, rebuild, and remember has become ever more pertinent. By placing the event within a global, cultural, and historical context, and examining the ways in which cities around the world have rebuilt in the wake of natural and man-made disasters, the Van Alen Institute ...
This book features the major works of Diana Balmori and her landscape and urban design firm, Balmori Associates. Three types of work are presented: public linear parks, institutional work (usually University campuses), and public plazas for corporate clients. Ms. Balmori's range is revealed in additional sections on urban furniture and her art ...
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