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Slow growth on the art of landscape architecture / Hal Moggridge.
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Title:Slow growth on the art of landscape architecture / Hal Moggridge.
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Author/Creator:Moggridge, Hal, 1936- architect.
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Published/Created:London : Unicorn, 2017.
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Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: SB470.55.G7 M64 2017
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Moggridge, Hal, 1936-
Colvin & Moggridge.
Landscape architecture--Great Britain.
Landscape architecture--Great Britain--History.
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Description:351 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 30 cm
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Summary:"The art of landscape architecture is in need of description and illustration in the broad comprehensive terms adopted by this book. Ideas and techniques of naturalistic landscape design are explored in eleven chapters, mainly illustrated by the author's own projects from before the era of digital presentation. Description of design processes is sometimes broadened into anecdotes arising from a working life. A modernised form of the naturalistic landscape design approach invented in England in the eighteenth century is shown still to be relevant for contemporary life. The first four chapters discuss human response to landscape and to being outdoors in the British Isles, concluding with examples of design organised by understanding how people move on foot. The eighteenth century naturalistic English landscape style is then explored through a series of historic restoration projects, followed by twentieth century projects for rural parks and lakes, a direct evolution from this tradition. Discussion of the idea of man-made projects moving from rural settings to cities as urban landscape. One chapter analyses urban views and skylines and how these can be safeguarded. The sweeping scope of the book displays the breadth of landscape architecture." -- provided by publisher.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9781910787427 (hardback)
1910787426 (hardback)
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Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 People Out of Doors
Visiting landscape
Social activities
Egalitarianism
Urban parkland
Spacious outdoor behaviour
Children out of doors
green agenda for mental health
ch. 2 Perception of Landscape
Outdoor space and little humans
Sensory responses
mechanism of seeing
geometry of views
Forecasting visual impact of structures
modern picturesque
Modern landscape design
ch. 3 Microclimates in Britain
climate of the British Isles
Regional climatic variety
Sunlight and shadow
Shelter from wind
Rainwater
Outdoors in the British Isles
ch. 4 Movement Through Landscape on Foot
Movement routes
Parking cars
National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire
Aberglasney, Carmarthenshire
Wisley, Surrey
Serpentine Lido, Hyde Park, London
Rural footpaths: Kynance Cove, Cornwall
ch. 5 Restoring Eighteenth-Century Designed Landscapes
`English landscape style'
On restoring English landscape parks
Castle Hill Park, Devon
Rousham Garden, Oxfordshire
Lancelot `Capability' Brown
Croome Court, Worcestershire
design of still water
Chillington Park, Staffordshire
Blenheim Park, Oxfordshire
Cadland, Hampshire
Summary
ch. 6 Rural Parks and Lakes in the Twentieth Century
Campden House, Gloucestershire
Castletown Cox, Ireland
Testbourne, Hampshire
Reservoirs
Brenig reservoir, Mynydd Hiraethog, Denbighshire
Roadford reservoir, Devon
pumped storage project at Tintwistle and the Dark Peak `wilderness'
Flood plain schemes: Wallingford Arts Park Gallery, Oxfordshire, and Schloss Rheda sidestream, Germany
ch. 7 Mistaken For Nature
natural environment
Knole Park, Kent
Pare Dinefwr, Carmarthenshire
Trees
Garth Foel
Vernacular landscape
Natural beauty
ch. 8 Holes and Hills
Contemporary needs
Holes
Glensanda, Loch Linnhe, West Scotland
Quarries for Hepworth's, Yorkshire
Quarries for Castle Cement: Bellman near Clitheroe, Lancashire, and Ketton, Rutland
Hills
Gale Common Hill, near Selby, Yorkshire
Pitstone Quarry 2, Buckinghamshire
New Underground Operations Centre, Bradenham, Buckinghamshire
University mounts at York University and UEA
ch. 9 Artworks and Buildings in Landscape
White Horse Hill, Berkshire Downs
Freud statue in Hampstead
Visiting Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Restoration of cairns and tumuli at Llyn Brenig
Landscape dynamics of building
Building with the ground: Mousyiri and the New House, Shilton
Building in the ground: Brenig outlet works; kiosk on Snowdon
Building on the ground: Youlbury House; the Serpentine Gallery; University of York
Ebrington Tower, Castle Hill Park, Devon
ch. 10 Urban Skylines and Views
Open skies over cities
Edinburgh study of skylines and views
Key features of long views
Selection of viewpoints in Edinburgh
Geometric analysis
Conclusion of Edinburgh skyline study
New building respecting the context of Edinburgh
sky above London
Middle distance views of the dome of St Paul's
Long-distance viewing corridors across London
Design of the sky space around St James's Park, London
view of Horse Guards from St James's Park bridge
Falsification by designations and images
Secluded urban parkland and open sky - sky contour plan
ch. 11 Cities as Urban Landscape
Cities as landscape
Cities related to mountains and hills
Cities related to water
Urban parks and spaces
Inner London's Royal Parks - their value and history
Modest interventions in London's inner Royal Parks.