Thinking a modern landscape architecture West & East : Christopher Tunnard, Sutemi Horiguchi
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Thinking a modern landscape architecture West & East : Christopher Tunnard, Sutemi Horiguchi
AUTHOR:
Treib, Marc.
ISBN:
9781943532780
EDITION:
First edition.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Novato, California : ORO Editions, c2020.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
242 p. : col. ill., maps, plans ; 26 cm
ABSTRACT:
Cross-cultural study that examines the written and design contributions made by two of the movement's most influential early protagonists: Christopher Tunnard (1910-1979) in England and later the United States, and Sutemi Horiguchi (1896-1984) in Japan. Illustrated with 150 historical and contemporary photos and drawings, The first compressive study into their thinking, landscape designs, and consequent influence on landscape architecture in the years that followed.
SUBJECT:
| Landscape architecture -- England -- History -- 20th century. |
| Landscape architecture -- Japan -- History -- 20th century. |
| Landscape architecture -- United States -- Hisotry -- 20th century. |
| Tunnard, Christopher -- Criticism and interpretation. |
| Horiguchi, Sutemi, 1895-1983 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
BIBSUMMARY:
Cross-cultural study that examines the written and design contributions made by two of the movement's most influential early protagonists: Christopher Tunnard (1910-1979) in England and later the United States, and Sutemi Horiguchi (1896-1984) in Japan. Illustrated with 150 historical and contemporary photos and drawings, The first compressive study into their thinking, landscape designs, and consequent influence on landscape architecture in the years that followed.