Invisible Gardens The Search for Modernism in the American Landscape

Name: Invisible Gardens The Search for Modernism in the American Landscape
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ISBN: 9780262731164

ISBN-10: 0262731169

ISBN-13: 9780262731164

Edition: 1996

Authors: Peter Walker, Melanie Simo

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Invisible Gardens is a composite history of the individuals and firms that defined the field of landscape architecture in America from 1925 to 1975, a period that spawned a significant body of work combining social ideas of enduring value with landscapes and gardens that forged a modern aesthetic. The major protagonists include Thomas Church, Roberto Burle Marx, Isamu Noguchi, Luis Barragan, Daniel Urban Kiley, Stanley White, Hideo Sasaki, Ian McHarg, Lawrence Halprin, and Garrett Eckbo. They were the pioneers of a new profession in America, the first to offer alternatives to the historic landscape and the park tradition, as well as to the suburban sprawl and other unplanned developments…

Book details

List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 7/25/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 382
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.354
Language: English

Peter Walker is a New Zealander who has lived in London since 1986. He worked for seven years on the Independent and three on the Independent on Sunday where he was Foreign Editor. He has also written for the Financial Times and Granta. His first book, The Fox Boy, was published by Bloomsbury in 2001 and was widely praised.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Legacy of Landscape Architecture: Art or Social Service?



The Garden as Social Vision



The Garden as Art



The Modern Transformation of Thomas Church



Beyond the American (or California) Dream



From Backyard to Center City



The Lone Classicist



The Modernization of the Schools



The Corporate Office, a New Organism for Practice: First Wave



The Environment: Science Overshadows Art



The Corporate Office, Second Wave


Epilogue


Notes


Further Reading


Illustration Credits


Index