Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates :   reconstructing urban landscapes / 
edited by Anita Berrizbeitia ; foreword by Paul Goldberger. 
 - New Haven :  London :  Yale University Press,  2009. 
 - 320 p. :  ill., maps, plans 
<br/><br/> Include bibliographical reference and Index. 
<br/><br/>Foreword / Paul Goldberger -- MVVA in context / Anita Berrizbeitia -- Mill Race Park: at the threshold / Jane Amidon -- Allegheny Riverfront Park: material, event, sensation / Jane Amidon -- Herman Miller Factory : suburban sublime / Elissa Rosenberg -- Tahari Courtyards: material connections / Linda Pollak -- Alumnae Valley, Wellesley College: redefining the campus landscape / Peter Fergusson -- Teardrop Park: elective affinities / Erik de Jong -- 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 -- Brooklyn Bridge Park: the complex edge / Ethan Carr -- Metaphor remediation: a new ecology for the city: The High Line competition, Toronto Port Lands competition / Andrew Blum. 
<br/><br/> Explores a wide range of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) projects, focusing on the firm's trend toward sites requiring complex technological solutions. This title also explores the process through which the firm researches such issues and how solutions are embedded in the final aesthetics and spatial structure of the sites. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300135855 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Urban landscape architecture--Case studies<br/> Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>712.091732  / REC