Theory of Landscape Books

New and Published Books

1. The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies

   Edited by Peter Howard, Ian Thompson, Emma Waterton

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Landscape is a vital, synergistic concept which opens up ways of thinking about many of the problems which beset our contemporary world, such as climate change, social alienation, environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity and destruction of heritage. As a concept, landscape does not respect...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
2. Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process

   2nd Edition

   By Simon Bell

   Landscapes develop and evolve through an interacting series of processes – climatic, geological, ecological and cultural – over varying periods of time. These processes shape the structure and character of the landscapes which we experience. Over time, distinctive patterns emerge – ranging in...

   Published July 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. Representing Landscapes

   A Visual Collection of Landscape Architectural Drawings

   Edited by Nadia Amoroso

   What do you communicate when you draw an industrial landscape using charcoal; what about a hyper-realistic PhotoShop collage method? What are the right choices to make? Are there right and wrong choices when it comes to presenting a particular environment in a particular way? The...

   Published March 13th 2012 by Routledge
4. Sir John Vanbrugh and the Vitruvian Landscape

   By Caroline Dalton

   Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) was one of the most important figures in English garden history although he is rarely recognised as such. An eclectic early career as a merchant, a soldier and a dramatist preceded Vanbrugh’s acceptance of the role of architect to the Third Earl of Carlisle in...

   Published January 9th 2012 by Routledge
5. To Design Landscape

   Art, Nature & Utility

   By Catherine Dee

   To Design Landscape sets out a distinctively practical philosophy of design, in accessible format. Based on the notion that landscape design is a form-based craft addressing environmental processes and utility, Dee establishes a framework for approaching such craft with modesty and ingenuity, using...

   Published January 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. Captured Landscape

   The Paradox of the Enclosed Garden

   By Kate Baker

   The enclosed garden, or hortus conclusus, is a place where architecture, architectural elements, and landscape, come together. It has a long history, ranging from the paradise garden and cloister, the botanic garden and the giardini segreto, the kitchen garden and the stage for social display, to...

   Published January 4th 2012 by Routledge
7. Urban Wildscapes

   Edited by Anna Jorgensen, Richard Keenan

   Urban Wildscapes is one of the first edited collections of writings about urban ‘wilderness’ landscapes. Evolved, rather than designed or planned, these derelict, abandoned and marginal spaces are frequently overgrown with vegetation and host to a wide range of human activities. They include former...

   Published October 23rd 2011 by Routledge
8. Exploring the Boundaries of Landscape Architecture

   Edited by Simon Bell, Ingrid Herlin, Richard Stiles

   What have cultural anthropologists, historical geographers, landscape ecologists and environmental artists got in common? Along with eight other disciplines, from domains as diverse as planning and design, the arts and humanities as well as the social and natural sciences, they are all fields of...

   Published August 21st 2011 by Routledge
9. Meaning in Landscape Architecture and Gardens

   Edited by Marc Treib

   While we all live our lives in designed landscapes of various types, only on occasion do we consider what these landscapes mean to us and how they have acquired that significance. Can a landscape architect or garden designer really imbue new settings with meaning, or does meaning evolve over time,...

   Published February 27th 2011 by Routledge
10. Innovative Approaches to Researching Landscape and Health

    Open Space: People Space 2

    Edited by Catharine Ward Thompson, Peter Aspinall, Simon Bell

    Our modern lifestyles often cause us to spend more time sitting behind a desk than being active outdoors. At the same time, our general health is deteriorating. The alarming rise in obesity, sedentary lifestyles and mental ill-health across the developed world has resulted in an urgent desire to...

    Published April 18th 2010 by Routledge