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University of Minnesota Press, Published 2012. Paperback, xiv, 300 pp.; 24 cm; illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings.
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In Very Good condition. Pictorial paper covers have mild edge and shelf wear; binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked.[From back cover] In The Modern Architectural Landscape Caroline Constant examines diverse approaches to landscape in the work of architects practicing in Europe and the United States between 1915 and the mid-1980s. Focusing on landscape as a conceptual and formal problem in the work of architects rather than landscape architects, Constant's analyses encompass the Sunnyside Gardens housing development, Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion, Erik Gunnar Asplund's Woodland Cemetery, Joze Plecnik's designs for Ljubljana, Garrett Eckbo's California gardens, Le Corbusier's Chandigarh Capitol Complex, Ludwig Hilberseimer and Mies van der Rohe's Lafayette Park, and Frederick Law Olmsted's Central Park alongside Rem Koolhaas and OMA's Parc de la Villette competition entry, revealing them as salient to the formulation of both modern architecture and the modern landscape.Contents: Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Sunnyside Gardens; Chapter 2: The Barcelona Pavilion; Chapter 3: Erik Gunnar Asplund; Chapter 4: The Woodland Cemetery; Chapter 5: Joze Plecnik; Chapter 6: Garrett Eckbo; Chapter 7: Le Corbusier and Chandigarh; Chapter 8: Hilberseimer and Lafayette Park; Chapter 9: Central Park and OMA's Parc de la Villette; Notes; Bibliography; Index.