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Nancy S. Steinhardt, “Chinese Architecture: A History” (Princeton UP, 2019)

Nancy S. Steinhardt
Chinese Architecture
A History
Princeton University Press, 2019

New Books in Architecture New Books in Art New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in East Asian Studies New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network July 16, 2019 Ed Pulford

If there’s one thing that conjures up the – rightly contested – idea of a ‘civilisation’, it is grand palatial or religious buildings, and many such structures are foremost in how China is imagined throughout the world. But as Nancy S. Steinhardt notes in Chinese Architecture: A History (Princeton University... Read More

Raymond Jungles, “The Cultivated Wild: Gardens and Landscapes by Raymond Jungles” (The Monacelli Press, 2015)

Raymond Jungles
The Cultivated Wild
Gardens and Landscapes
The Monacelli Press, 2015

New Books in Architecture New Books in Arts & Letters New Books Network June 27, 2019 Tricia Keffer

Raymond Jungles is the founder of the Miami based Landscape Architecture firm Raymond Jungles Inc. He graduate from the University of Florida with honors in 1981. And, was elected as a Fellow in 2006 in the American Society of Landscape Architects. Raymond’s work has earned 2 national awards and 40... Read More

Alexander Garvin
The Heart of the City
Creating Vibrant Downtowns for a New Century
Island Press, 2019

New Books in American Studies New Books in Architecture New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Public Policy New Books in Sociology New Books Network June 10, 2019 Tricia Keffer

Downtowns are more than economic engines: they are repositories of knowledge and culture and generators of new ideas, technology, and ventures. They are the heart of the city that drives its future. If we are to have healthy downtowns, we need to understand what downtown is all about; how and... Read More

Jason Dewees
Designing with Palms

Timber Press, 2018

New Books in Architecture New Books in Art New Books in Arts & Letters New Books Network June 10, 2019 Tricia Keffer

Jason Dewees is the staff horticulturist at Flora Grubb Gardens and East West Trees in San Francisco. Responsible for the Tree Canopy Succession Plan for the San Francisco Botanical Garden, he serves on the Horticultural Advisory Committee for the San Francisco Botanical Garden, and on The San Francisco Conservatory of... Read More

Bradley Cantrell and Adam Mekies
Codify
Parametric and Computational Design in Landscape Architecture
Routledge, 2018

New Books in Architecture New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Science & Technology New Books in Systems and Cybernetics New Books Network June 4, 2019 Tricia Keffer

Landscape architecture has a long history of innovation in the areas of computation and media, particularly in how the discipline represents, analyses, and constructs complex systems. Bradley Cantrell and Adam Mekies‘ new book, Codify: Parametric and Computational Design in Landscape Architecture (Routledge, 2018), spans academic and professional projects to form... Read More

Chip Sullivan, “Cartooning the Landscape” (U Virginia Press, 2016)

Chip Sullivan
Cartooning the Landscape

University of Virginia Press, 2016

New Books in Architecture New Books in Art New Books in Arts & Letters New Books Network May 16, 2019 Tricia Keffer

This is a magical journey about the mystery of the design process. Chip Sullivan‘s Cartooning the Landscape (University of Virginia Press, 2016) is about using your drawing skills to exercise and stretch your imagination. He takes you step by step through a process of creativity to enhance your own design... Read More

Caitlín Eilís Barrett, “Domesticating Empire: Egyptian Landscapes in Pompeian Gardens” (Oxford UP, 2019)

Caitlín Eilís Barrett
Domesticating Empire
Egyptian Landscapes in Pompeian Gardens
Oxford University Press, 2019

New Books in African Studies New Books in Archaeology New Books in Architecture New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in European Studies New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network May 7, 2019 Ryan Tripp

Domesticating Empire: Egyptian Landscapes in Pompeian Gardens (Oxford University Press, 2019) is the first contextually-oriented monograph on Egyptian imagery in Roman households. Caitlín Eilís Barrett, Associate Professor of Classics at Cornell University, draws on case studies from Flavian Pompeii to investigate the close association between representations of Egypt and a... Read More