Design through time : evolving landscapes, from Alcatraz to Prospect Park. / txt
Mark H. Hough.
- xvii, 370 pages : ill. ; 20 cm. book
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-358) and index.
List of Illustrations xi -- Acknowledgments xv -- Introduction 1 -- 1. Gardens 25 -- Missouri Botanical Garden , St. Louis , Missouri 35 -- Vizcaya Museum and Gardens , Miami , Florida 51 -- 2. Cultural Sites 77 -- Alcatraz Island , San Francisco , California 86 -- Mount Auburn Cemetery , Cambridge , Massachusetts 102 -- 3. Campuses 132 -- Stanford University , Palo Alto , California 136 -- Tuskegee University , Tuskegee Alabama 161 -- 4. Communities 184 -- Village of Riverside , Illinois 189 -- Sea Pines Resort , Hilton Head Island , South Carolina 205 -- 5. Parks 227 -- Dumbarton Oaks Park , Washington , DC 230 -- Prospect Park , Brooklyn , New York 253 -- Conclusion 297 -- Notes 303 -- Bibliography 341 -- Index 359 – Illustrations : City Hall Plaza before renovation 12 -- City Hall Plaza after renovation 15 -- Henry Shaw ’ s house and Victorian - style garden 38 -- Lily Pool Designed by John Noyes 41 -- The Climatron in the 1960 s 44 -- The Japanese Garden in the 1970 s 47 -- The new Visitor Center 50 -- Vizcaya ’ s natural landscape character 53 -- View across the formal gardens 55 -- Damage from the 1926 hurricane 57 -- Aerial view showing the entire property in the 1940s 60 -- Aerial view showing the reduced property with hospital 62 -- Formal gardens in the 1970 s 66 -- Formal gardens after restoration 75 -- View to the island in the early 1900 s 88 -- Prisoner overlooking gardens 90 -- Rubble on garden slope in the 1980 s 92 -- Restored garden on western slope 97 -- Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy staff leading a garden tour 99 -- Victorian - inspired grave sites 109 -- Open lawn and extended vistas following tree removals 111 -- The naturalistic character of Willow Pond 114 -- Colonial - style gravesites 119 -- Native grasses in place of manicured turf 127 -- Frederick Law Olmsted ’ s master plan for Stanford 139 -- The Inner Quadrangle designed by Olmsted 140 -- Aerial view of Stanford ’ s campus 1950 145 -- Meyer Library blocking an intended axis 151 -- The modernist White Memorial Plaza 152 -- Aerial view of Science and Engineering Quadrangle 160 -- Historic Quadrangle and Williston ’ s Gazebo 170 -- Aerial view of the historic campus 175 -- Legacy Walkway in the Historic Quadrangle 179 -- The Big Valley 182 -- Riverside ’ s landscape character 191 -- A typically early house and yard 197 -- Streetscape and landscape island 201 -- Twenty – first - century flooding 203 -- Aerial view of Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island 209 -- Typical streetscape character 210 -- Example of early ( nature – blending ) architecture 213 -- Contemporary beachfront home next to a 1970 s era home 219 -- Sea Pines Forest Preserve after Hurricane Mathew 224 -- Early photograph of naturalistic stream and landscape 234 -- National Park Service guide leading tour of the park 238 -- Derelict condition of the park in the 1980 s 240 -- Sealed arch and chain-link fence on property line 246 -- Restored stream and rustic dam 250 -- Early photograph of Long Meadow 254 -- Flowers and monuments in the park 263 -- Beaux Arts influence the Vale landscape 266 -- Kate Wollman Rink in the Moses era 274 -- The Ravine landscape prior to restoration 285 -- The Ravine landscape after restoration 286 -- Lakeside landscape after restoration 289 -- Contemporary view of the Vale landscape --
"Histories of designed landscapes frequently propel a limited narrative in which a landscape's early history-often referred to as its "period of significance"-is presented as the definitive chapter. Through a series of comparative case studies encompassing gardens, cultural sites, campuses, communities, and parks, however, noted landscape architect Mark Hough argues that the true histories of design landscapes are not rooted in a specific period but, rather, spread across a span of time during which they face continuous change. Thus these living designs are not meant to be just viewed as objects, but rather to be moved through and experienced over time"-- Provided by publisher.
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