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041 _aeng
082 _a712.091732
_bREC
245 _a Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates :
_breconstructing urban landscapes /
_cedited by Anita Berrizbeitia ; foreword by Paul Goldberger.
260 _bYale University Press,
_c2009.
_aNew Haven :
_aLondon :
300 _a320 p. : ill., maps, plans
500 _aInclude bibliographical reference and Index.
505 _aForeword / 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.
520 _aExplores 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.
650 _aUrban landscape architecture
_vCase studies
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650 _a Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
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700 _4ed
_aBerrizbeitia, Anita
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710 _a Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
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