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    Landscapes of change : innovative designs and reinvented sites / Roxi Thoren.

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    • Title:Landscapes of change : innovative designs and reinvented sites / Roxi Thoren.
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    • Author/Creator:Thoren, Roxi, author.
    • Published/Created:Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2014.
      ©2014

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Landscape architecture--Case studies.
      Reclamation of land--Case studies.
    • Description:264 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
    • Summary:Landscape architecture projects have always begun with the site. As the practice of landscape architecture has changed so have the types of sites that designers are taking on. Projects now have to help connect neighborhoods, manage stormwater, cool urban centers, and provide wildlife habitats. In Landscapes of Change, Roxi Thoren, associate professor at the University of Oregon, examines how these new types of sites drive the design process and result in innovative and groundbreaking work that serve the needs of a wide variety of users. With twenty-six case studies from around the world, the book explores how the site can serve as the design generator, describing each project through the physical, material, ecological, and cultural processes that have shaped the site historically and continue to shape the current projects. Case studies include Queens Plaza in Queens, New York; the Buffalo Bayou Promenade in Houston, Texas; and the Jaffa Landfill Park in Tel Aviv, Israel.
    • Local note:UBC Library has a copy donated by the British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781604693867 (pbk.)
      160469386X (pbk.)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: INFRASTRUCTURE
      Rethinking Public Works
      Marco Polo Airport Car Park TESSERA, ITALY
      Moses Bridge at Fort de Roovere HALSTEREN, THE NETHERLANDS
      Queens Plaza QUEENS, NEW YORK
      Solar Strand UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO NORTH CAMPUS, AMHERST, NEW YORK
      Coastal Levees and Lone Star Coastal National Recreation Area UPPER TEXAS GULF COAST
      POSTINDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES
      Reclaiming Sites of Industry
      Paddington Reservoir Gardens SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
      Jaffa Landfill Park TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
      Salvation Army Kroc Center of Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
      Haute DeuCle River Banks LILLE, FRANCE
      Northala Fields NORTHOLT, WEST LONDON, ENGLAND
      VEGETATED ARCHITECTURE
      Living Roofs and Walls
      European Environment Agency COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
      Hypar Pavilion NEW YORK, NEW YORK
      Park TMB BARCELONA, SPAIN
      Essent Roofgardens DEN BOSCH, THE NETHERLANDS
      Seymour-Capilano Filtration Plant VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
      ECOLOGICAL URBANISM
      Design Informed by Natural Systems
      Teardrop Park NEW YORK, NEW YORK
      PeAage Sauvage NANTES, FRANCE
      Buffalo Bayou Promenade HOUSTON, TEXAS
      Wijkeroogpark VELSEN-NOORD, THE NETHERLANDS
      Kokkedal Climate Adaptation Plan KOKKEDAL, DENMARK
      EDIBLE LANDSCAPES
      Agriculture in the City
      Gary Comer Youth Center Roof Garden CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
      Beacon Food Forest SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
      Prinzessinnengarten BERLIN, GERMANY
      Public Farm 1 QUEENS, NEW YORK
      GruUnewald Public Orchard LUXEMBOURG CITY, LUXEMBOURG.
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