Design with Nature / Edition 1

by Ian L. McHarg

Overview

"In presenting us with a vision of organic exuberance and humandelight, which ecology and ecological design promise to open up forus, McHarg revives the hope for a better world." —LewisMumford

". . . important to America and all the rest of the world in ourstruggle to design rational, wholesome, and productive landscapes."—Laurie Olin, Hanna Olin, Ltd.

"This century's most influential landscape architecture book."—Landscape Architecture

". . . an enduring contribution to the technical literature oflandscape planning and to that unfortunately small collection ofwritings which speak with emotional eloquence of the importance ofecological principles in regional planning." —Landscape and UrbanPlanning

In the twenty-five years since it first took the academic world bystorm, Design With Nature has done much to redefine the fields oflandscape architecture, urban and regional planning, and ecologicaldesign. It has also left a permanent mark on the ongoing discussionof mankind's place in nature and nature's place in mankind withinthe physical sciences and humanities. Described by one enthusiasticreviewer as a "user's manual for our world," Design With Natureoffers a practical blueprint for a new, healthier relationshipbetween the built environment and nature. In so doing, it providesnothing less than the scientific, technical, and philosophicalfoundations for a mature civilization that will, as Lewis Mumfordecstatically put it in his Introduction to the 1969 edition,"replace the polluted, bulldozed, machine-dominated, dehumanized,explosion-threatened world that is even now disintegrating anddisappearing before our eyes."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471114604
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/28/1995
Series:	Wiley Series in Sustainable Design , #6
Edition description:	25th Anniversary Edition
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	1,031,269
Product dimensions:	10.80(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

IAN L. McHARG was the founder of and is professor emeritus in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. Known as the father of ecological planning, his landmark design projects include The Woodlands, Texas, and Amelia Island, Florida. Professor McHarg has received numerous honorary degrees and awards, including The National Medal of Art, presented by President Bush in 1990.

Table of Contents

City and Countryside.

Sea and Survival.

The Plight.

A Step Forward.

The Cast and the Capsule.

Nature in the Metropolis.

On Values.

A Response of Values.

The World Is a Capsule.

Processes as Values.

The Naturalists.

The River Basin.

The Metropolitan Region.

Process and Form.

The City: Process and Form.

The City: Health and Pathology.

Prospect.

Editorial Reviews

LJ's reviewer boldly contended that this "may well be one of the most important books of the century." Blending philosophy and science, McHarg shows how humans can copy nature's examples to design and build better structures. This 25th anniversary edition includes a new introduction and epilog. This remains "a pleasure to read" (LJ 10/1/69).

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