Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
Subtitle: reconstructing urban landscapes
By: edited by Anita Berrizbeitia ; foreword by Paul Goldberger.
Contributors: Berrizbeitia, Anita.; Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780300135855
Subjects: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates; Urban landscape architecture -- United States -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Other titles: Reconstructing urban landscapes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Paul Goldberger; title: MVVA in context / Anita Berrizbeitia; title: Mill Race Park: at the threshold / Jane Amidon; title: Allegheny Riverfront Park: material, event, sensation / Jane Amidon; title: Herman Miller Factory : suburban sublime / Elissa Rosenberg; title: Tahari Courtyards: material connections / Linda Pollak; title: Alumnae Valley, Wellesley College: redefining the campus landscape / Peter Fergusson; title: Teardrop Park: elective affinities / Erik de Jong; title: A landscape-based approach to the design of three plazas: Bailey Plaza, Cornell University, Boston Children's Museum, Union Square Park's North End, New York / Rachel Gleeson; title: Brooklyn Bridge Park: the complex edge / Ethan Carr; title: Metaphor remediation: a new ecology for the city: The High Line competition, Toronto Port Lands competition / Andrew Blum.