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9780300086966

Taking Measures Across the American Landscape

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300086966

  • ISBN10:

    0300086962

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2000-09-10
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
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Summary

This book combines breathtaking aerial photographs and exquisite map-drawings of the American landscape with thoughtful essays that explore how various cultures have forged the landscapes in different regions of the country and what the possibilities are for future landscape design.

Author Biography

James Corner is professor of landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, a practicing landscape architect, and founder of James Corner / Field Operations Alex S. MacLean is a photographer and founder of Landslides, a firm that specializes in low altitude aerial photography

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Michael Van Valkenburgh
Preface xi
Introduction xv
Part One: Essays
The Measures of America
3(12)
Denis Cosgrove
Aerial Representation and the Making of Landscape
15(6)
The American Landscape at Work
21(4)
Taking Measure: Irony and Contradiction in an Age of Precision
25(16)
Part Two: Measures
Measures of Land
41(28)
Measures of Control
69(28)
Measures of Rule
97(24)
Measures of Fit
121(28)
Measures of Faith
149(26)
Notes 175(6)
List of Contributors 181(2)
Index 183(2)
Credits 185

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