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Landscape Architecture
Architecture
September 8, 2020
Primer of Ecological Restoration
Karen Holl
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
The pace, intensity, and scale at which humans have altered our planet in recent decades is unprecedented. We have dramatically transformed landscapes and waterways through agriculture, logging, mining, and fire …
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Architecture
September 1, 2020
Motor City Green
A Century of Landscapes and Environmentalism in Detroit
Joseph S. Cialdella
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Joseph S. Cialdella's Motor City Green: A Century of Landscapes and Environmentalism in Detroit (University of Pittsburg Press, 2020) is a history of green spaces in metropolitan Detroit from the …
Architecture
August 25, 2020
DIY City
The Collective Power of Small Actions
Hank Dittmar
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Some utopian plans have shaped our cities —from England’s New Towns and Garden Cities to the Haussmann plan for Paris and the L’Enfant plan for Washington, DC. But these grand …
Architecture
July 22, 2020
Be Seated
Laurie Olin
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Today I talked to Laurie Olin about his book Be Seated (ORO Editions, 2017). Olin’s interest in public outdoor seating in parks and civic spaces revolves around two poles: the …
Architecture
July 15, 2020
France Sketchbook
Laurie Olin
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
For centuries artists and designers have recorded places, people, and life in travel sketchbooks. Over a period of fifty years, Laurie Olin, one of America’s most distinguished landscape architects, has …
Architecture
June 5, 2020
Active Landscape Photography
Theoretical Groundwork for Landscape Architecture
Anne Godfrey
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Photographs play a hugely influential but largely unexamined role in the practice of landscape architecture and design. Through a diverse set of essays and case studies, this seminal text unpacks …
Architecture
April 21, 2020
Farmscape
The Design of Productive Landscapes
Phoebe Lickwar and Roxi Thoren
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Phoebe Lickwar and Roxi Thoren's book Farmscape: The Design of Productive Landscapes (Routledge, 2020) situates agriculture as a design practice, using a wide range of international case studies and analytical …
Architecture
April 16, 2020
Planting Design
Connecting People and Place
Patrick Mooney
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Landscape designers have long understood the use of plants to provide beauty, aesthetic pleasure and visual stimulation while supporting a broad range of functional goals. However, the potential for plants …
Architecture
February 24, 2020
Elements of Visual Design in the Landscape (3rd Edition)
Simon Bell
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Elements of Visual Design in the Landscape (Routledge, 2019) presents a vocabulary of visual design, structured in a logical and easy to follow sequence. It is profusely illustrated using both …
Architecture
December 6, 2019
Climate Action Planning
A Guide to Creating Low-Carbon, Resilient Communities
Michael R. Boswell, Adrienne I. Greve, Tammy L. Seale
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Climate Action Planning: A Guide to Creating Low-Carbon, Resilient Communities (Island Press, 2019) is designed to help planners, municipal staff and officials, citizens and others working at local levels to …
Architecture
November 29, 2019
Erik Gunnar Asplund
Landscapes and Buildings
Malcolm Woollen
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, weaving together art, philosophy, history, and literature, this book investigates the landscapes and buildings of Swedish architect Erik Gunnar Asplund. Through critical essays and beautiful illustrations …
Architecture
November 19, 2019
Agricultural Landscapes
Seeing Rural Through Design
Dewey Thorbeck
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Dewey Thorbeck's new book Agricultural Landscapes: Seeing Rural Through Design (Routledge, 2019) follows on from the author’s previous books, Rural Design and Architecture and Agriculture, to encourage using design thinking …
Architecture
November 15, 2019
Beyond Mobility
Planning Cities for People and Places
Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, and Stefan Al
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Beyond Mobility: Planning Cities for People and Places (Island Press, 2017) by Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra and Stefan Al is about prioritizing the needs and aspirations of people and the …
Architecture
November 12, 2019
Random Imaginations
A Collection of Illustrated Musings
Eddie Chau
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Today I talked to Eddie Chau about his new book Random Imaginations: A Collection of Illustrated Musings (ORO Editions, 2018). The book is a reproduction of thousands of graphic images …
Architecture
November 5, 2019
The Landscape Architecture of Richard Haag
From Modern Space to Urban Ecological Design
Thaïsa Way
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Today I talked to Thaïsa Way about her new book, The Landscape Architecture of Richard Haag: From Modern Space to Urban Ecological Design (University of Washington Press, 2019). Haag is …
Architecture
October 30, 2019
Doing Almost Nothing
The Landscapes of Georges Descombes
Marc Treib
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Today I talked to Marc Treib about his new book Doing Almost Nothing: The Landscapes of Georges Descombes (ORO Editions, 2019). Until now, writings about the architect/landscape architect Georges Descombes …
Architecture
October 23, 2019
Captured Landscape
Architecture and the Enclosed Garden (2nd Edition)
Kate Baker
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
In her book Captured Landscape: Architecture and the Enclosed Garden (Routledge, 2018; 2nd edition), Kate Baker discusses the continuing relevance of the typology of the enclosed garden to contemporary architects …
Architecture
October 7, 2019
Planning Singapore
The Experimental City
Stephen Hamnett and Belinda Yuen
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
In this episode, we talk with Stephen Hamnett about Planning Singapore: The Experimental City (Routledge, 2019), a book he edited with Belinda Yuen. Two hundred years ago, Sir Stamford Raffles …
Architecture
October 1, 2019
McClean Design
Creating the Contemporary House
Paul McClean
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Paul McClean grew up in Ireland, where he studied architecture before moving to Southern California and establishing McClean Design. Over the past 18 years it has grown into one of …
Architecture
September 27, 2019
Melancholy and the Landscape
Locating Sadness, Memory, and Reflection in the Landscape
Jacky Bowring
Hosted by Tricia Keffer
Written as an advocacy of melancholy’s value as part of the landscape experience, Melancholy and the Landscape: Locating Sadness, Memory, and Reflection in the Landscape (Routledge, 2018) situates the concept …
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