menu
{ "item_title" : "Landscape as a Cabinet of Curiosities", "item_author" : [" Rebecca Bornhauser "], "item_description" : "Picking up on architecture's tradition of teaching professional experience to students through conversation, this book provides insight into the ideas, methods, and memories of G nther Vogt, and questions the attitude that this innovative landscape architect adopts towards his profession.With reference to five different locations, G nther Vogt speaks about current themes of landscape architecture and its relationship to architecture and the city, about his teaching at the ETH Z rich, and about the work of Vogt Landscape Architects; he describes his perception of the lanscape as a cabinet of curiostities, tells how he collects various phenomena and individual elements, relates them to each other and rearranges them. And in the reader's mind's eye unfolds a cosmos, in which the lack of wholeness of the landscape seems to be a gain rather than a loss.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/3/03/778/304/3037783044_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "35.00", "online_price" : "35.00", "our_price" : "35.00", "club_price" : "35.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }
Landscape as a Cabinet of Curiosities|Rebecca Bornhauser

Landscape as a Cabinet of Curiosities : In Search of a Position

local_shippingShip to Me
In Stock.
FREE Shipping for Club Members help

Overview

Picking up on architecture's tradition of teaching professional experience to students through conversation, this book provides insight into the ideas, methods, and memories of G nther Vogt, and questions the attitude that this innovative landscape architect adopts towards his profession.With reference to five different locations, G nther Vogt speaks about current themes of landscape architecture and its relationship to architecture and the city, about his teaching at the ETH Z rich, and about the work of Vogt Landscape Architects; he describes his perception of the lanscape as a cabinet of curiostities, tells how he collects various phenomena and individual elements, relates them to each other and rearranges them. And in the reader's mind's eye unfolds a cosmos, in which the lack of wholeness of "the landscape" seems to be a gain rather than a loss.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9783037783047
  • ISBN-10: 3037783044
  • Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers
  • Publish Date: February 2015
  • Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.9 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.75 pounds
  • Page Count: 228

Related Categories

You May Also Like...

    1

BAM Customer Reviews