Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architecture

episodes

Interviews with landscape architects and scholars of landscape architecture about their new books.

Karsten Jørgensen et al., "Teaching Landscape: The Studio Experience" (Routledge, 2019)

May 4, 2021

Teaching Landscape

Karsten Jørgensen et al.
Hosted by Tricia Keffer

Teaching Landscape: The Studio Experience (Routledge, 2019) gathers a range of expert contributions from across the world to collect best-practice exa…

Karen Holl, "Primer of Ecological Restoration" (Island Press, 2020)

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…

Joseph S. Cialdella, "Motor City Green: A Century of Landscapes and Environmentalism in Detroit" (U Pittsburg Press, 2020)

September 1, 2020

Motor City Green

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 …

Hank Dittmar, "DIY City: The Collective Power of Small Actions" (Island Press, 2020)

August 25, 2020

DIY City

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 Washin…

Laurie Olin, "Be Seated" (ORO Editions, 2017)

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 revol…

Laurie Olin, "France Sketchbook" (ORO Editions, 2020)

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 Am…

Anne Godfrey, "Active Landscape Photography: Theoretical Groundwork for Landscape Architecture" (Routledge, 2020)

June 5, 2020

Active Landscape Photography

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 essay…

Phoebe Lickwar and Roxi Thoren, "Farmscape: The Design of Productive Landscapes" (Routledge, 2020)

April 21, 2020

Farmscape

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, usin…

Patrick Mooney, "Planting Design: Connecting People and Place" (Routledge, 2020)

April 16, 2020

Planting Design

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…

Simon Bell, "Elements of Visual Design in the Landscape" (Routledge, 2019)

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 sequen…

Michael R. Boswell, "Climate Action Planning: A Guide to Creating Low-Carbon, Resilient Communities" (Island Press, 2019)

December 6, 2019

Climate Action Planning

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 …

Malcolm Woollen, "Erik Gunnar Asplund: Landscapes and Buildings" (Routledge, 2018)

November 29, 2019

Erik Gunnar Asplund

Malcolm Woollen
Hosted by Tricia Keffer

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, weaving together art, philosophy, history, and literature, this book investigates the landscapes and buildings o…

Dewey Thorbeck, "Agricultural Landscapes: Seeing Rural Through Design" (Routledge, 2019)

November 19, 2019

Agricultural Landscapes

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 De…

R. Cervero, E. Guerra, S. Al, "Beyond Mobility: Planning Cities for People and Places" (Island Press, 2017)

November 15, 2019

Beyond Mobility

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 ne…

Eddie Chau, "Random Imaginations: A Collection of Illustrated Musings" (ORO Editions, 2018)

November 12, 2019

Random Imaginations

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 reproduct…

Thaisa Way, "The Landscape Architecture of Richard Haag: From Modern Space to Urban Ecological Design" (U Washington Press, 2019)

November 5, 2019

The Landscape Architecture of Richard Haag

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 …

Marc Treib, "Doing Almost Nothing: The Landscapes of Georges Descombes" (ORO Edition, 2019)

October 30, 2019

Doing Almost Nothing

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…

Kate Baker, “Captured Landscape: Architecture and the Enclosed Garden” (Routledge, 2018)

October 23, 2019

Captured Landscape

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 …

Stephen Hamnett, "Planning Singapore: The Experimental City" (Routledge, 2019)

October 7, 2019

Planning Singapore

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. …

Paul McClean, "McClean Design: Creating the Contemporary House" (Rizzoli, 2019)

October 1, 2019

McClean Design

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 …