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Michael Van Valkenburgh/Allegheny Riverfront Park: Source Books in Landscape Architecture (Source Books in Landscape Architecture)

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Publisher Comments:

In the field of landscape architecture, there is no more distinguished voice than Michael Van Valkenburgh, and so it is appropriate that we begin this new Source Books in Landscape Architecture series with his recently completed Allegheny Riverfront Park project for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As part of the city's efforts to restore its downtown district and riverfront, Van Valkenburgh, along with artists Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercil, developed an ambitious plan to reform the wasted land along the river into an urban refuge. The celebrated collaboration between landscape architect and artists produced a thoughtful, useful, and beautiful park that has successfully renewed the city's core.Source Books in Landscape Architecture, produced in collaboration with Ohio State University, will provide detailed documentation of important new projects.

Book News Annotation:

The series is intended to delve beneath the surface of contemporary designed landscapes to look at the intentionality and results, each volume focusing on one project or a group of related works deemed significant to the practice and study of current landscape architecture. The project described and colorfully illustrated here was part of a larger development project in Pittsburgh completed in 2004. Interviews with the designer and comments by critics provide most of the text. There is no index.
Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book News Annotation:

The series is intended to delve beneath the surface of contemporary designed landscapes to look at the intentionality and results, each volume focusing on one project or a group of related works deemed significant to the practice and study of current landscape architecture. The project described and colorfully illustrated here was part of a larger development project in Pittsburgh completed in 2004. Interviews with the designer and comments by critics provide most of the text. There is no index. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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About the Author

Jane Amidon is a designer and writer currently teaching at the Knowlton School of Architecture.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781568985046
Subtitle:
Allegheny Riverfront Park
Editor:
Amidon, Jane
Other:
Jane Amidon, Series Editor
Editor:
Amidon, Jane
Other:
Jane Amidon, Series Editor
Publisher:
Princeton Architectural Press
Subject:
Landscape
Subject:
Landscape architecture
Subject:
Individual Architect
Subject:
Landscape architects
Series:
Source Books in Landscape Architecture
Publication Date:
September 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
8.96x8.04x.51 in. 1.31 lbs.
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