OUT OF PLACE by Michael Hough ( 9780300052237 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

OUT OF PLACE
RESTORING IDENTITY TO THE REGIONAL LANDSCAPE

By:

Michael Hough

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0300052235

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9780300052237

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Publisher:

YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 January, 1992

Pages:

242

Description:

Hough argues that the monotony of the modern landscape is a reflection of society's indifference to the diversity inherent in ecological systems and in human communities. He uses world-wide case studies to show how built areas work and how designers can maintain the identities of different places.

Synopsis:

Why do modern cities, suburbs, and industrial and farming landscapes all tend to look alike despite their regional settings? In this generously illustrated and provocative book, a landscape architect argues that the monotony of the modern landscape is a reflection of indifference on the part of society to the diversity inherent in ecological systems and in human communities. In case studies drawn from all parts of the world-Turkey and Hong Kong to northern England and Edinburgh, to Kentucky and Oregon, to Ontario and Manitoba-Michael Hough shows how build environments work and what designers can do to maintain the clearly identifiable differences between one place and another.

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Yale University Press

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