Landscape Architecture Program
Summary: Land use plan for Old Mission Peninsula, Traverse City, Michigan complied by more than a committe of 90. The data gathered presents the larger pricture of land use patterns, development trends, and planning applications.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University 0000
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.464 LandscapeHobhouse, Penelope
Summary: Penelope Hobhouse, the legendary authority on garden history, composes a beautifully crafted, lavishly illustrated history of gardening over millennia. From the cooling fountains of the Alhambra to the clean lines of the French parterre, The Story of Gardening draws fascinating connections among gardens across time and place. Hobhouse addresses styles and techniques from all over the world,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2020
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 712 HOBSummary: A journey through the art and life of the Brazilian landscape architect and painter best known for the iconic black-and-white mosaic promenades that line Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach.This documentary shows the full contribution of the landscape artist to the national flora. Directed and written by João Vargas Penna, the film is a walk through the art and personality of Roberto Burle Marx,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LANHoward, Hugh
Summary: "As the nation recovered from a cataclysmic war, two titans of design profoundly influenced how Americans came to interact with the built and natural world around them through their pioneering work in architecture and landscape design. Frederick Law Olmsted is widely revered as America's first and finest parkmaker and environmentalist, the force behind Manhattan's Central Park, Brooklyn's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly, an imprint of Grove Atlantic 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.092 HOWGidding, John
Summary: "Increased awareness of the environment and an ever-present interest in curb appeal means that homeowners are eager for more sustainable, natural landscaping. And why shouldn't they be? In addition to supporting local flora and fauna, ditching grass for lush, native plants helps lower water bills and results in self-sustaining gardens long-term. In John Gidding's At Home with Nature, American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Countryman Press, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.6 GIDLangdon, Philip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grayson Publishing 2012
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 712.6 LANPolson, Mary Ellen.
Contents: Style on the outside -- A face to the world -- Exterior appearances -- Playing up your best features -- Architectural elements -- Transforming an exterior -- The entry -- The front door -- The right accents -- Landings and porches -- The approach -- Shaping the landscape -- Walks and paths -- Lighting the landscape -- Supporting players -- Fences, walls, and gates -- Driveways -- Garages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 728.37 PolReed, Sue
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The year 2022 will mark the bicentennial of the birth of Olmsted; a national celebration is being planned by several organizations. This book celebrates 200 of the more than 6,000 landscapes that he and his successors created, many of which are extant, kept up, open to the public, and beloved as major cultural sites. Olmsted designed many of America's most beloved parks and landscapes during...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.0973 EXPThoren, Roxi.
Summary: Climate change, natural resource use, population shifts, and many other factors have all changed the demands we place on landscape designs. Projects now have to help connect neighborhoods, absorb stormwater, cool urban centers, and provide wildlife habitats. Landscapes of Change examines how these challenges drive the design process, inspire new design strategies, and result in innovative works...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712 THOAguar, Charles E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712 AguarOlmsted, Frederick Law
Summary: The biggest and best single-volume collection ever published of the fascinating and wide-ranging writings of a vitally important nineteenth century cultural figure whose work continues to shape our world today. Seaman, farmer, abolitionist, journalist, administrator, reformer, conservationist, and without question America’s foremost landscape architect and urban planner, Frederick Law Olmsted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library Of America 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712 OLMGraham, Wade.
Summary: From Frederick Law Olmsted to Richard Neutra, Michelle Obama to our neighbors, Americans throughout history have revealed something of themselves--their personalities, desires, and beliefs--in the gardens they create. Rooted in the time and place of their making, as much as in the minds and identities of their makers, gardens mirror the struggles and energies of a changing society. Melding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712 GRASmith, Mary Riley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1991
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Place a hold to request this item.Lynn, Robin.
Contents: "The Lungs" / James Huneker (1914) -- Along the Water's Edge -- Manhattan. Historic Battery Park ; Battery Park City ; East River Waterfront ; Hudson River Park and Riverside Park South ; Riverside Park ; Riverbank State Park ; West Harlem Piers Park -- Brooklyn. Brooklyn Bridge Park ; Williamsburg Waterfront ; Erie Basin Park ; Newton Creek Nature Walk -- Queens. Gantry Plaza State Park --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.71 LYNSummary: A biography of the man who made public parks an essential part of American life. He made enormous contributions to the American landscape, believing a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted's efforts to preserve nature created an "environmental ethic" decades before the environmental movement became a force in American politics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.0237 FREYanni, Carla.
Summary: Illustrated throughout, Yanni offers a fresh and original look at the American medical establishment's century-long preoccupation with therapeutic architecture as a way to cure social ills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 725.52 YANJewell, Jennifer
Summary: The Earth in Her Hands celebrates the important contributions women make to the wide world of plants--in the fields of horticulture, environmental science, botany, floral design, farming, landscape architecture, herbalism, food justice, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630.92 JEWRainer, Thomas
Summary: An "alternative to traditional horticulture: designed plantings that function like naturally occurring plant communities. Thomas Rainer and Claudia West, two leading voices in ecological landscape design, reveal how plants fit together in nature and how to use this knowledge to create landscapes that are resilient, beautiful, and diverse."--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2015