Michael Van Gessel: Landscape Architect : Garden Books

Michael Van Gessel: Landscape Architect
	Author: Michael Van Gessel Creators: Christian Betram, Erik De Jong Publisher: NAi Publishers Category: Book List Price: ~~$95.00~~ Buy New: $67.51 You Save: $27.49 (29%) New (6) Used (1) from $67.51 Sales Rank: 2655891 Media: Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 348 Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.1 Dimensions (in): 12.8 x 10.2 x 0.8 ISBN: 905662038X Dewey Decimal Number: 712 EAN: 9789056620387 ASIN: 905662038X Publication Date: September 1, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: Brand new Book ,ALL days Low Price !


Editorial Reviews: Product Description Amsterdam-based landscape architect Michael van Gessel has been working with, rather than against, nature for the past three decades. He expresses his ethos by quoting the English author and landscape architect Joseph Spence: "Respect for the past, combined with a curiosity for what is and a feeling for what could be. This is the dynamo that starts the engine of the design." Accordingly, van Gessel embraces a diversity of projects, from private gardens to urban planning. He supervised the renovation of Amsterdam's Vondel Park, drew up the master plan to restore the landscaping around Utretch's Castle De Haar and managed to integrate the inner courtyards of the Ministry of Agriculture in The Hague into the urban fabric. This comprehensive volume places van Gessel's myriad approaches into context and illuminates his pivotal role in the formation of contemporary Dutch landscape architecture.