'Groundbreaking landscapes that will stretch your imagination to the limit' - House & Garden

'Colourful and weighty … part compendium, proselytising tract (albeit with an über-cool sense of wit and layout design), theoretical handbook and trade magazine' - The Art Book

'The most important book of the year … thoughtful, beautifully produced and taking its readers into much unfamiliar territory' - Independent

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'Fascinating … highly rewarding … mind-flexing stuff' - Country Life

Now available in paperback, Avant Gardeners profiles the fifty most exciting contemporary landscape practices from around the world. With between four and six case studies for each designer, it presents an encyclopaedic look at the most advanced thinking in garden design and offers a rich archive for practitioners and enthusiasts alike.
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Profiles the fifty contemporary landscape practices from around the world. With between four and six case studies for each designer, this title presents an encyclopaedic look at the advanced thinking in garden design and offers an archive for practitioners and enthusiasts alike.
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Foreword by Martha Schwartz • Atelier Big City • Lodewijk Baljon • Thomas Balsley • Julia Barton • BCA Landscape • Concept • Petra Blaisse • Jean-Pierre Brazs • Susanne Burger • Cao Perrot Studio • Paul Cooper • Claude Cormier • Topher Delaney • Herbert Dreiseitl • DS Landschapsarchitecten • History • Monika Gora • Gross Max • Gustafson Porter • Fritz Haeg • Paula Hayes • Tony Heywood • Nature • Karres en Brands • Klahn + Singer • Land-I Die LandschaftsArchitekten • Ron Lutsko • Lützow 7 • William Martin • Shunmyo Masuno Metagardens • Meyer + Silberberg • Plants and Other Materials • Helle Nebelong • Nip Paysage • Antonio Perazzi • Plant • Philippe Rahm • Maxims • RCH Studios • Janet Rosenburg Mario Schjetnan • Martha Schwartz • The Conceptualist Garden Show • Vladimir Sitta SLA • Ken Smith • Taylor Cullity Lethlean
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A lavishly illustrated survey of the fifty most exciting contemporary landscape practices at work in the world today

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780500288269
Publisert
2009-08-10
Utgiver
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Høyde
230 mm
Bredde
209 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Tim Richardson is the former landscape editor at Wallpaper*, gardens editor at Country Life and founding editor of New Eden. He is the author of numerous books on landscape design, including The Vanguard Landscapes and Gardens of Martha Schwartz, Avant Gardeners, Futurescapes and Landscape and Garden Design Sketchbooks, published by Thames & Hudson.