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The Porch: Meditations on the Edge of Nature

Katherine Till — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:32:38 +0000

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The Porch: Meditations on the Edge of Nature (Hardcover)
?Charlie Hailey?s latest book is both a mental tonic and a welcome provocation. Solidly grounded in ideas, ecology, and architecture, The Porch takes us on a journey along the edges of nature where the outside comes in, hosts meet guests, and imagination runs wild.?
?As close as architecture can bring us to nature, the porch is where we can learn to contemplate anew our evolving place in a changing world?a space we need now more than ever. Timeless and timely, Hailey?s book is a dreamy yet deeply passionate meditation on the joy and gravity of sitting on the porch.
224 pages

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Living Roofs Urban Gardens Around The World

Katherine Till — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:32:37 +0000

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Living Roofs
Urban gardens around the world.? Inspiring selection of green retreats: from lush flowering mini parks to luxurious roof terraces.? The urban gardening trend continues unabated.? Cutting-edge: revised and supplemented with the latest creations.? A look through the keyhole: the most beautiful private roof terraces from all over the world.? A green paradise high above the rooftops of the city – the dream not only of many city dwellers seeking peace and quiet. Whether a communal garden for an entire house or an exclusive private oasis, whether a colorful sea of flowers, a vegetable patch or a pool – there are no limits to the imagination of amateur gardeners.? This illustrated book brings together the most beautiful and unusual urban roof terraces and gardens from all over the world: from the peasant garden in Berlin to the extensive sun terrace of the U Penthouse in Madrid to the enchanted roof area of the Willow House in Singapore. The places presented offer plenty of inspiration for your own dream of a rooftop garden.? Publisher: Teneues.? Hardcover, 224 pages.
Code:? 167031
Member Price:? $58.50

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The Land Is Full: Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

Katherine Till — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:32:37 +0000

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The Land is Full: Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
By Thomas L. Woltz
A celebration of parks and public gardens by renowned landscape architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz, whose designs reflect the histories that are held in the land. Nelson Byrd Woltz (NBW) is one of the most in-demand and respected firms working in landscape architecture today with major commissions across the United States. This collection of twelve projects illustrates the power of design to create vital public realms at the heart of communities. Through the celebrated firm?s process, ecological and cultural histories are revealed and integrated into meaningful public experiences. The firm has worked with exceptionally sensitive sites across the United States, including those that hold the vital histories of enslaved peoples, the rich cultures of indigenous peoples, and the natural habitats that have been threatened by infrastructure and construction.
These projects are found across the firm?s geographic reach. One, in southern Texas, is the revitalization of Memorial Park in Houston, a 1500-acre landscape that interweaves city infrastructure with a vibrant ecology. In the northeast, a burial ground adjacent to the Brooklyn Naval Yard has been reclaimed as a contemplative meadow filled with native plants, pollinators, and birds. And thousands of miles to the northwest, the Aga Khan Garden in Alberta, Canada, stands as a regenerative sanctuary in opposition to the surrounding landscape often battered by the pollutants, mining, and fire. The work of NBW is set in a broad context through the book?s inclusion of authoritative essays by noted scholars, ecologists, and cultural historians. It articulates the central role of landscape architecture in reshaping public space to meet challenges of ecological and social resilience.? Hardcover, 240 pages.
Code:? 169992
Member Prive:? $58.45

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DOING ALMOST NOTHING: The Landscapes of Georges DESCOMBES

Katherine Till — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:32:36 +0000

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Doing Almost Nothing: The Landscapes of Georges Descombes
by Marc Treib
Until now, writings about the architect/landscape architect Georges Descombes have been relatively limited, appearing primarily in publications in Switzerland and abroad as conversations, interviews, and conference proceedings; most of them have appeared only in French. However, during his forty years of practice, Descombes has developed and applied a method unique to landscape architecture, one in which an extremely broad vision, both scientifically and culturally, shapes his thinking and projects. Descombes enters each project by attempting to understand the existing conditions on site and how, using minimal means and interventions, those conditions can be modified to meet the requirements of the program and those appropriate to the natural or urban environment. To some critics it would appear that Descombes has always done too little on and to the site, and in some instances have condemned him for ?doing almost nothing.? Although simplicity usually demands greater concentration and study, it often yields greater rewards that result from just that restraint. Perhaps how we approach the world is more important that how we shape the world. Descombes?s landscapes are instructive in this regard.
Code: 55907
Member Price: $35.96

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HAWTHORN: The Tree That Has Nourished, Healed, and Inspired Through the Ages

Katherine Till — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:32:36 +0000

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Hawthorn: The Tree That Has Nourished, Healed, and Inspired Through the Ages
by Bill Vaughn
One of humankind?s oldest companions, the hawthorn tree, is bound up in the memories of every recorded age and the plot lines of cultures all across the Northern Hemisphere. Hawthorn examines the little-recognized political, cultural, and natural history of this ancient spiky plant.
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Used for thousands of years in the impenetrable living fences that defined the landscapes of Europe, the hawthorn eventually helped feed the class antagonism that led to widespread social upheaval. In the American Midwest, hawthorn-inspired hedges on the prairies made nineteenth-century farming economically rewarding for the first time. Later, in Normandy, mazelike hedgerows bristling with these thorns nearly cost the Allies World War II. Bill Vaughn shines light on the full scope of the tree?s influence over human events.
Code: 98934
Member Price: $27.00

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 30-30

Katherine Till — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:32:35 +0000

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30:30 Landscape Architecture
by Meaghan Kombol
In 30:30 Landscape Architecture, 30 of the most renowned landscape architects explore the work of the 30 of the world’s top emerging architects with more than 500 illustrations.
This book captures the essence of how the world is designed around us. A global and influential group of landscape architects will divulge fascinating details about their work – including their inspirations and design processes – as well as debate the key issues for landscape architects today and in the future.
Code: 99785
Member Price: $67.50

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PLANTING IN A POST-WILD WORLD

Katherine Till — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:32:35 +0000

Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes
By Thomas Rainer and Claudia West
Over time, with industrialization and urban sprawl, we have driven nature out of our neighborhoods and cities. But we can invite it back by designing landscapes that look and function more like they do in the wild: robust, diverse, and visually harmonious.
Featuring gorgeous photography and advice for landscapers, Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West is dedicated to the idea of a new nature?a hybrid of both the wild and the cultivated?that can nourish in our cities and suburbs.
Hardcover, 272 pages.
Code:? 99971
Member Price:? $35.95
Price: ?$39.95

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NEW SYLVA

Katherine Till — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:32:34 +0000

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The New Sylva: A Discourse of Forest and Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century
by Gabriel Hemery and Sarah Simblet
In 1664, the British horticulturist and diarist John Evelyn published Sylva. This comprehensive study of the nation’s trees was the first book ever published by the Royal Society. It was also the world’s earliest forestry book. Evelyn’s elegant prose still has much to tell us today, but the world has changed dramatically since his day. Now authors Gabriel Hemery and Sarah Simblet, taking inspiration from the original work, have masterfully created a contemporary resource ? The New Sylva.?
Code: 97756
Member Price: $81.00

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COURSE OF LANDSCAPE ARCH

Katherine Till — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:32:34 +0000

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The Course of Landscape Architecture: A History of our Designs on the Natural World, from Prehistory to the Present 1st Edition
by Christophe Girot?
In many ways the history of civilization is a history of humans? relationship with nature. Starting from the dual inclination to clear land for cultivation and to enclose space for protection?the forest clearing and the walled garden?there emerges a vital and multifaceted narrative that describes our cultural relationship to, and dependence on, the landscape. Christophe Girot sets out to chronicle this history, drawing on all aspects of mankind?s creativity and ingenuity. In twelve chapters, he brings together the key stories that have shaped our man-made landscapes. Each chapter consists of a thematic essay that ties together the central developments, as well as a case study illustrated with specially commissioned photographs and meticulously detailed 3D re?creations showing the featured site in its original context.
Code: 98876
Member Price: $67.50

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BARBARA GRYGUTIS PUBLIC ART Public Art/Public Space: The Scuptural Eenvironments of Barbara Grygutis

Katherine Till — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:32:34 +0000

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Public Art / Public Space: The Sculptural Environments of Barbara Grygutis
by Barbara Grygutis
Public Art / Public Space chronicles the work of Barbara Grygutis, a pioneering public artist whose large-scale sculptural environments shape the spaces they inhabit.??Art is a major component of our contemporary design landscape. Over the past twenty-five years, the medium of public installation has gained serious momentum, with the beautification of cities worldwide spearheaded by visceral conceptions and brazen works of art that coerce all passersby to contemplate not only the work in question or the location it is situated in, but the viewer?s relationship to the aforementioned two. This level of frequency and fervor for the medium would not be the same without the pioneering work of Barbara Grygutis, a forerunning practitioner in the field and a champion for public art?s selfless ethos in all mediums and all aspects of life. Public Art / Public Space features twenty groundbreaking works accompanied by retrospectives from public art professionals on Grygutis herself, her work, and what her extensive contributions could mean for the works of tomorrow.
Code: 99694
Member Price: $31.50

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