The Necessity for Ruins: And Other Topics

by J. B. Jackson

Paperback, 1980

Status

Available

Call number

917.3 JA

Call number

917.3 JA

Tags

aesthetics, landscape architecture, landscapes, urban planning, gardens and gardening, human geography, American landscapes, architecture and society, 13054

Genres

Collection

Chicago Office Library

Publication

University of Massachusetts Press (1980), Edition: First Edition (US) First Printing, 129 pages

Description

Essays examine the way we perceive landscape, the effect of gardens and cities of the past on the landscapes of the present, and the way American architecture has broken with tradition. Discussion relates the importance of space to relativism throughout time.

Subjects

Landscape assessment United States
United States Description and travel

Language

English

Original language

English

ISBN

0870232924 / 9780870232923

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