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The Shape of Land: Topography & Landscape Architecture

by Marc Treib
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781957183244
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Oro Editions
  • Publisher Imprint: Oro Editions
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 288
  • Original Price: GBP 45.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1742 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Landscape, Criticism, and Individual Architects & Firms / Essays

The Shape of the Land: Topography & Landscape Architecture--the first book to center on this subject--presents the contributions of thirteen well-known practitioners and academics who discuss the forms and ramifications of reconfiguring terrain.


The essays range in content from pre-industrial precedents in the work of Humphry Repton to new digital topographic modeling systems without the use of contour lines, the treatment of waste products to the land art of the American Southwest. Practicing landscape architects focusing on the modeling of topography in the works considering both utility and aesthetics. In all, the book reviews the history, reasons, and results of at least three centuries of topographic interventions, while suggesting pathways into the future--as new technology and new necessities increase the functional demands placed upon landscape architects, while at the same time potentially offering new forms of artistic expression.

Meyer, David: - "David grew up in Iowa, a sensual landscape where rolling planes and agrarian patterns rush along with nature. The emotional connection he has to that tumultuous landscape influences his dreams and informs his design.

Recognized for his aesthetic and his rigor, David has directed the design and execution of prestigious projects throughout the world. He is principal and founder of Meyer Studio - Land Architects and Adjunct Professor at U.C. Berkeley's College of Environmental Design. David teaches a capstone studio and encourages a dynamic exchange between his team and his students.

A Fellow of the American Academy in Rome and on the peer review board for the GSA, David has distinguished himself through an intuitive approach to design and a genuine passion for the pursuit of beauty. His designs are simple, purposeful exchanges with the land that defer to context and create a presence.

David is honored to be an educator and steward of the planet.

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Treib, Marc: - Marc Treib, Professor of Architecture Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, is a historian and critic of landscape and architecture who has published widely on modern and historical subjects in the United States, Japan, and Scandinavia. Books published by ORO Editions include Landscapes of Modern Architecture; Austere Gardens; The Landscapes of Georges Descombes: Doing Almost Nothing; and Thinking a Modern Landscape Architecture, West and East, and more recently The Aesthetics of Contemporary Planting Design and Serious Fun: The Landscapes of Claude Cormier. Other contributors: Stephen Daniels Georges Descombes Adriaan Geuze Jennifer Guthrie Kathleen John-Alder Ana Kučan Karl Kullmann José Miguel Lameiras David Meyer Elissa Rosenberg Bas Smets Laura Solano

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