书目

Olin Placemaking

内容简介

Withincreasedattentiontosustainabilityandenvironmentalconcerns，landscapearchitectsnowleadteamsofurbanplannersandarchitectsindevelopingnewoutdoorspaceandreconfiguringexistingdesigns.AsthepreeminentlandscapearchitecturefirmintheUnitedStates，OlinisattheforefrontofthismovementwithcompletedprojectsacrossthecountryandinEurope.ThefirmwasawardedthegoldmedaloftheAmericanSocietyofLandscapeArchitects，theprofession'shighesthonor，in2006.Well-knownfortherestorationsofBryantParkbehindtheNewYorkPublicLibraryandthelandscapeoftheWashingtonMonument，Olinisalsorecognizedforthedramatictransformationofaderelict，brownfieldsiteintothevibrantCanaryWharf，nowthefinancialcenterforallEurope，andforthelandscapedesignoftheJ.PaulGettyCenterinLosAngelesandColumbusCircleinNewYork.ThefirmhasalsodesignedsculpturegardensfortheNationalGalleryofArtinWashington，D.C.，andtheToledoMuseumofArtinToledo，Ohio.Indialogueswithnotedcolleaguesandcollaborators，eachofthepartnersarticulatesapersonalvisionandphilosophyoflandscapeanddesign.LaurieOlin，foundingpartner，speakswiththepoetMichaelPalmer，whileSusanWeilerreflectsonhercollaborationwithartistJennyHolzer.OtherdialogueparticipantsareKimTripp，formerdirectoroftheNewYorkBotanicalGarden;NiallKirkwood，chairofthelandscapearchitecturedepartmentatHarvard;SeanTimmons，founderofSimmonsDesignEngineering;andCharlesWaldheim，aleadingproponentoflandscapeurbanism.Takentogether，theseconversationsprovideauniquewindowintothecreativeprocess.

作者简介

OlinwasfoundedbyLaurieOlinin1976.InadditiontoOlin,thefirmhasfivepartners:DennisC.McGlade,RobertJ.Bedell,LucindaR.Sanders,SusanK.Weiler,andDavidA.Rubin.TheOlinofficeisinthehistoricPublicLedgerBuilding,overlookingIndependenceMallinPhiladelphia.JohnR.Stilgoe,RobertandLoisOrchardProfessorintheHistoryofLandscapeatHarvardUniversity,istheauthorofnumerousbooks,includingTrainTime,OutsideLiesMagic,Lifeboat,andLandscapesandImages.TheauthorlivesinPhiladelphia,PA.,,,,,,

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