Related Books

Genius of Place
Language: en
Pages: 494
Authors: Justin Martin
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-31 - Publisher: Da Capo Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This definitive, first full-scale biography of Olmsted--famed designer of New York's Central Park--reveals him also as a brilliant political and social reformer
Genius of Place
Language: en
Pages: 496
Authors: Justin Martin
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-31 - Publisher: Da Capo Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Frederick Law Olmsted is arguably the most important historical figure that the average American knows the least about. Best remembered for his landscape archit
A Genius for Place
Language: en
Pages: 456
Authors: Robin Karson
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this lavishly illustrated volume, Robin Karson explores the development of a distinctly American style of landscape design. Analyzing seven country places cr
Consulting the Genius of the Place
Language: en
Pages: 191
Authors: Wes Jackson
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-01 - Publisher: Catapult

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Locavore leaders such as Alice Waters, Michael Pollan, and Barbara Kingsolver all speak of the need for sweeping changes in how we get our food. A longtime lead
The Geography of Genius
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Eric Weiner
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-05 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Tag along on this New York Times bestselling “witty, entertaining romp” (The New York Times Book Review) as Eric Winer travels the world, from Athens to Sil