The Granite Garden: Urban Nature and Human Design
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Book Overview
This award-winning book by a Harvard landscape architect proves how important it is to understand the natural settings of cities--their air, water, geology, plant, and animal life--to create better, more habitable urban environments.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0465027067
ISBN13:9780465027064
Release Date:September 1985
Publisher:Basic Books
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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The Granite Garden
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I am somewhat new to reading books such as this for pleasure, but I read what I think will interest me. I was thrown at first by the title thinking that the book was going to be about hard scaping. Instead this book was a real eye opener to a lot of things we take for granted every day. Chapters titled soil, water, and air open up the reader to understand all that is envolved in making a city before you get to the buildings and people. I initally borrowed the book from the library while reading it but had to purchase a copy of my own for future reference. I give this book a high recommendation to anyone in the architecture or landscape fields.
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