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Designed ecologies : the landscape architecture of Kongjian Yu /

Kongjian Yu and his office Turenscape are beyond doubt the foremost landscape architecture practice in China today. Kongjian Yu is known for his ecological stance, often against the resistance of local authorities. His guiding design principles are the appreciation of the ordinary and a deep embraci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Saunders, William S., Yu, Kongjian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel : Birkhäuser, [2012]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Kongjian Yu and his office Turenscape are beyond doubt the foremost landscape architecture practice in China today. Kongjian Yu is known for his ecological stance, often against the resistance of local authorities. His guiding design principles are the appreciation of the ordinary and a deep embracing of nature, even in its potentially destructive aspects, such as floods. Among his most acclaimed projects are Houtan Park for Shanghai Expo, the Red Ribbon Park in Qinhuangdao, and Shipyard Park in Zhongshan. This book explores Yu's work in11 essays by noted authors and documents22 major projects extensively.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (255 pages) : color illustrations, color maps, color portrait
ISBN:9783034611466
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