Posted in Art and Photography (Wednesday, July 9, 2008)
Written by Douglas R. Porter. By Urban Land Institute.
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1 comments about The Practice of Sustainable Development.
- This book should be titled, "The Practice of Ignoring Market Demand." It is little more than an promotion for dense urban development and the elimination of the automobile, which is a sustainable concept for only a small portion of our society.
If "smart growth" is so smart, why has it been around for over 35 years, but only a small portion of our society has bought into it? Generally speaking, it ignores market demand and attempts to shape the market in a way that it refuses to be shaped. THAT is an unsustainable practice.
Dense urban development can be sustainable - or it can be unsustainable. Suburban development can be sustainable - or it can be unsustainable.
The unanswered question (in this book) is: What specific DEVELOPMENT practices contribute to the sustainability we want to achieve?
The presumption in this book is that ALL development is unsustainable, so we need to pack people as close together as possible, so we can do as little of it as possible, and everyone can walk to work and shop.
Today's automobiles represent an unsustainable practice, but developers aren't in the automobile manufacturing business, nor can they sustainably control market demand for their use. Attempting to manipulate the market's demand for privacy and space is a recipe for financial disaster. Hardly sustainable.
I found very little useful information in this book.
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Posted in Art and Photography (Wednesday, July 9, 2008)
Written by Erik de Jong. By University of Pennsylvania Press.
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No comments about Nature and Art: Dutch Garden and Landscape Architecture, 1650-1740 (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture).
Posted in Art and Photography (Wednesday, July 9, 2008)
Written by Marc Treib and Isamu Noguchi. By William Stout Publishers.
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No comments about Noguchi in Paris: The UNESCO Garden.
Posted in Art and Photography (Wednesday, July 9, 2008)
Written by Chris Taylor. By Edinburgh University Press.
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No comments about Parks and Gardens of Britain.
Posted in Art and Photography (Wednesday, July 9, 2008)
Written by Gilles De Brissac and Gabrielle Van Zuylen. By Vendome Press.
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No comments about Apremont (Small Books of Great Gardens) (Small Books of Great Gardens).
Posted in Art and Photography (Wednesday, July 9, 2008)
Written by Jean Demachy and Marie-Claire Blanckaert and Barbara Bourgois and Sylvie Elroy-Ridel. By EDI7/Hachette.
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1 comments about Gardens & Bouquets (Le Best of Elle Deco, No 2).
- I am constantlly looking for new publications, materials in the market and this book surpased all of my expectations. We think that Elle Deco is a marvillous magazine and this book resumes the best of the gardens that they have pictured. The contents presentation is specially interesting as they devide gardens in to different categories, for example, exotic gardens, kitchen gardens, small gardens, etc. Beutifull photography, a perfect presentation and a wonderfull art design.
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Posted in Art and Photography (Wednesday, July 9, 2008)
Written by Mick Hales. By Clarkson Potter.
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2 comments about Gardens Of California, The: Four Centuries of Design from Mission to Modern.
- Great pictures, has given me some great ideas about the garden to go with my Californian Spanish style home here is Australia As there isn't to many of this style home in Australia so the book was very informative in creating a style that goes with this house, a good reference book
- This book is by noted California landscape artist Nancy Goslee Power, with wonderful photos by Mick Hale and has already become a classic refernece. But it's also just gorgeous and fun to read. Shows a range of gardens from mission times to modern day and you can see the trends, the classics, and plenty to stir your imagination and make you want to either get in the garden or make travel plans.
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Posted in Art and Photography (Wednesday, July 9, 2008)
Written by Frederick Law Olmsted. By The Johns Hopkins University Press.
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No comments about The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: III Creating Central Park, 1857-1861 (The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted).
Posted in Art and Photography (Wednesday, July 9, 2008)
Written by Jonathan F. Hutchings. By McGraw-Hill Professional.
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No comments about Builder's Guide to Landscaping (Builder's Guide).
Posted in Art and Photography (Wednesday, July 9, 2008)
Written by Germain Bazin. By Little Brown & Co (T).
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No comments about Paradeisos, the Art of the Garden.
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