https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/rss/books/su63RSS.xml The latest new books in Gardening en-us Fri, 04 Jun 2021 05:00:00 GMT 1440 https://ucp-qa.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/S/bo50552147.html In Sculpting the Land, award-winning landscape architect Diana Armstrong Bell explores her unique interpretation of the possibilities of landscape design. Influenced by the work of the Russian avant-garde artists Kazimir Malevich and El Lissitzky, Bell’s distinctive approach to contemporary design is primarily informed by the abstract. Known for distinctive, innovative designs that are site-specific and sensitive to context, Bell has designed and built projects all over the world, and in Sculpting the Land she reveals the process and inspiration behind her work. &#160; Drawn to earthworks, lines, and patterns, Bell gathers clues about a landscape’s past and lets them inform a new story in her work. Sculpting the Land explores many of Bell’s large-scale public landscapes in the urban realm, which are sculptural in their conception and modern in style, including Parco Franco Verga in Milan, Proche du Lac de Carr&eacute; S&eacute;nart in France, Rochester Riverside Park in Kent, and Electra Park in London. With more than 150 color illustrations—including landscape plans, schemes, and hand-drawn pencil, ink, collage, and watercolor pieces—the book showcases a remarkable collection of art which is used to convey Bell’s design process and present her ideas. In <i>Sculpting the Land</i>, award-winning landscape architect Diana Armstrong Bell explores her unique interpretation of the possibilities of landscape design. Influenced by the work of the Russian avant-garde artists Kazimir Malevich and El Lissitzky, Bell&rsquo;s distinctive approach to contemporary design is primarily informed by the abstract. Known for distinctive, innovative designs that are site-specific and sensitive to context, Bell has designed and built projects all over the world, and in <i>Sculpting the Land</i> she reveals the process and inspiration behind her work.<br /> &#160;<br /> Drawn to earthworks, lines, and patterns, Bell gathers clues about a landscape&rsquo;s past and lets them inform a new story in her work. <i>Sculpting the Land </i>explores many of Bell&rsquo;s large-scale public landscapes in the urban realm, which are sculptural in their conception and modern in style, including Parco Franco Verga in Milan, Proche du Lac de Carr&eacute; S&eacute;nart in France, Rochester Riverside Park in Kent, and Electra Park in London. With more than 150 color illustrations&mdash;including landscape plans, schemes, and hand-drawn pencil, ink, collage, and watercolor pieces&mdash;the book showcases a remarkable collection of art which is used to convey Bell&rsquo;s design process and present her ideas. Architecture : American Architecture : Architecture--Biography : Architecture--Criticism : British Architecture : European Architecture : History of Architecture : Middle Eastern, African, and Asian Architecture History: General History Gardening Sat, 15 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMT Diana Armstrong Bell 9781912690466