Ken Smith Landscape Architect
Subtitle: urban projects
By: Jane Amidon ... editor.
Contributors: Smith, Ken, 1927-; Amidon, Jane.; Ken Smith Landscape Architect (Firm)
Series: Source books in landscape architecture
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Smith, Ken, 1927- -- Interviews; Landscape architects -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews; Landscape architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
Genres: Interviews.
Description: "Ken Smith is one of the most interesting voices in landscape architecture today. His works reflect the intensity and energy of their surroundings and challenge the distinction between landscape and art. Ken Smith Landscape Architect/Urban Projects focuses on three prominent works in New York City: the East River Ferry Landings, P.S. 19, and a roof garden for the Museum of Modern Art. Featuring an interview with Ken Smith and extensive photographic documentation and drawings, as well as an essay by Nina Rappaport and a foreword by Peter Reed, the book reveals how each project expresses new relationships between landscape and place within the city."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Data and chronology; title: Conversations with Ken Smith / compiled and edited by Jane Amidon; title: Museum of Modern Art, roof garden, New York, New York; title: East River ferry landings, New York, New York; title: P.S. 19, Queens, New York; title: Landscape as cultural criticism / by Nina Rappaport.