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Author: Michael Van Valkenburgh ,
Laurie Olin
Publisher: Monacelli Press
Imprint: Monacelli Press
Dimensions:
Width: 23.50cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 24.70cm
Weight: 0.828kg
ISBN: 9781580935524
ISBN 10: 1580935524
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 15 October 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
If you haven't seen the Monk's Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, you need to plan a trip there to experience a masterpiece of mystery that will spur you to contemplate the design for months to come. In Designing a Garden: Monk's Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Landscape Architect Michael Van Valkenburgh takes you through every detail of the design process -- a lesson you'll refer to time and time again. --Jane Berger, Garden Design Online
Winner of ASLA 2020 Communications Honor Award If you haven't seen the Monk's Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, you need to plan a trip there to experience a masterpiece of mystery that will spur you to contemplate the design for months to come. In Designing a Garden: Monk's Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Landscape Architect Michael Van Valkenburgh takes you through every detail of the design process -- a lesson you'll refer to time and time again. -Garden Design From the first sketch to planting plans and photographs, the book clearly demonstrates the design process and teamwork necessary to complete a project. 'Like anything else, the best way to learn how to design a landscape is to make one', and this book is an excellent record of the process. -Hortus
Winner of ASLA 2020 Communications Honor Award If you haven't seen the Monk's Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, you need to plan a trip there to experience a masterpiece of mystery that will spur you to contemplate the design for months to come. In Designing a Garden: Monk's Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Landscape Architect Michael Van Valkenburgh takes you through every detail of the design process - a lesson you'll refer to time and time again. - Garden Design From the first sketch to planting plans and photographs, the book clearly demonstrates the design process and teamwork necessary to complete a project. 'Like anything else, the best way to learn how to design a landscape is to make one', and this book is an excellent record of the process. - Hortus
Winner of ASLA 2020 Communications Honor Award If you haven't seen the Monk's Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, you need to plan a trip there to experience a masterpiece of mystery that will spur you to contemplate the design for months to come. In Designing a Garden: Monk's Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Landscape Architect Michael Van Valkenburgh takes you through every detail of the design process -- a lesson you'll refer to time and time again. --Garden Design From the first sketch to planting plans and photographs, the book clearly demonstrates the design process and teamwork necessary to complete a project. 'Like anything else, the best way to learn how to design a landscape is to make one', and this book is an excellent record of the process. --Hortus
Winner of ASLA 2020 Communications Honor Award If you haven't seen the Monk's Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, you need to plan a trip there to experience a masterpiece of mystery that will spur you to contemplate the design for months to come. In Designing a Garden: Monk's Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Landscape Architect Michael Van Valkenburgh takes you through every detail of the design process - a lesson you'll refer to time and time again. - Garden Design From the first sketch to planting plans and photographs, the book clearly demonstrates the design process and teamwork necessary to complete a project. 'Like anything else, the best way to learn how to design a landscape is to make one', and this book is an excellent record of the process. - Hortus
Author Information
Michael Van Valkenburgh is the founder and president of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) and Charles Eliot Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. Based in New York and Cambridge, Massachusetts, the firm is widely acknowledged as the preeminent American landscape architects and received the prestigious Firm Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects in 2016.
