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Weathering and Durability in Landscape Architecture
Fundamentals, Practices, and Case Studies

Niall Kirkwood (Author)

9780471392668, Wiley

Hardback, published 15 June 2004

320 pages, Photos: 132 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 5 B&W, 0 Color
24.4 x 19.4 x 2.7 cm, 0.689 kg

Weatering and Durability in Landscape Architecture provides authoritative guidelines to weathering, durability, and physical changes in the designed landscape over time.
* Provides innovative weathering strategies illustrated with case studies.
* Includes information on completed landscapes with data and commentary on maintenance and durability.
* Provides the personal weathering and durability strategies of leading experts.

Preface vii

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction xiii

Part One Design for Weathering and Durability 1

Chapter 1 Time and the Built Landscape 3

Chapter 2 Aspects of Permanence 25

Chapter 3 Design Approaches 41

Part Two Landscape Architectural Design Case Studies 59

Chapter 4 Case Studies 61

Case Study A Expiration Date 64
Vintondale Colliery Park Reclamation, Vintondale, Pennsylvania
Julie Bargmann

Case Study B Constructing Memory 80
A Memorial to Rosie the Riveter, Richmond, California
yl Barton

Case Study C The Persistence of Spatial Structure 96
Mid-America All-Indian Center, Wichita, Kansas
Edward L. Blake, Jr.

Case Study D The Readjusted Scales of Duration 112
A Private Summer Retreat, Western Maine
Michael Blier

Case Study E Working Materials 133
Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial, Indianapolis, Indiana
Eric Fulford and Ann Reed

Case Study F Dimensions of Process and Change 154
Crissy Field: A Tidal Marsh Restoration, San Francisco, California
Mary Margaret Jones

Case Study G Aesthetics of Cultural Weathering 174
Moyland Elementary School Playground, Hartford, Connecticut; Courtyard and Meditation Labyrinth, Chester, Connecticut
Mikyoung Kim

Case Study H Urban Legacies 192
Cook + Phillip Park, Sydney, Australia
Elizabeth Mossop

Case Study I Evolving Economies 211
Casa Cabo, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico
Margie Ruddick

Case Study J Maturing Practices 226

Advantica Plaza and Park, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Peter Lindsay Schaudt

Case Study K Perpetual Material 243
Aluminum Garden, New York, New York
Ken Smith

Case Study L Compressed 260
“Compressed”: A Temporary Landscape Installation, Cazenovia, New York
H. Keith Wagner

Part Three Afterword 277

Chapter 5 Achievements and Challenges 279

Bibliography and Further Reading 287

Index 291

Subject Areas: Architecture [AM]

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