1st Edition
The Cultured Landscape Designing the Environment in the 21st Century
Foreword (Alexander Garvin) Dedication Preface Introduction by Sheila Harvey Part 1: The theoretical, cultural, philosophical implications of landscape 1. Landscape as a way of knowing the world, by Simon Swaffield 2. Music-makers and the dreamers of dreams, by John Hopkins Part 2: Design context 3. Making places different, by Alan Tate 4. Designer, client and user, by Martha Schwartz Part 3: The benefits of the process and its place in the wider environmental agenda 5. Who benefits from landscape architecture?, by Catharine Ward Thompson 6. The environmental agenda – a personal view, by Merrick Denton-Thompson Part 4: The search for a creative way forward 7. The future – landscape design in the 21st century, by Peter Neal and John Hopkins Biographical notes photo credits index
Biography
Sheila Harvey, Ken Fieldhouse
'An ideal starting point for an understanding of the contemporary debates about the role which public landscapes now play in people's lives ... the photographs are very helpful, and give a flavour of contemporary design and masterplanning issues.' –Green Places
