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Summary
Summary
Form and Fabric in Landscape Architecture provides an original, visual approach to the study of landscape architecture by creating a spatial morphology based on use and experience of landscapes. It explores aesthetic, spatial and experiential concepts by providing a structure through which landscapes can be understood and conceived in design. 'Fabric' is the integrated structure of whole landscapes, while 'form' refers to the components that make up this fabric. Together form and fabric create a morphology of landscape useful for the development of visual-spatial design thinking and awareness. This book is intended as both an introduction to the discipline for students of landscape architecture, architecture and planning, and a source of continuing interest for more experienced environmental designers.
Author Notes
Catherine Dee is Senior Lecturer in Landscape Design, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield, UK.
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Dee (Univ. of Sheffield, UK) has produced a fascinating book with excellent and invaluable line drawings as an introduction for landscape students as well as those in architecture and planning. The clarity of her introductory statement, "Landscape Architecture involves the spatial organization of outdoor places to meet human needs and desires while protecting or enhancing natural environments ... and [it] need[s] to function in diverse ways for different people," sets the stage for her detailed discussion of landscape including landscape fabric, spaces, paths, edges, foci, thresholds, and detail. Each of these elements is subdivided into sections. Although all this sounds dry, the wonderful drawings, often with detailed labels, explain them clearly; e.g., the section on spaces includes such subdivisions as various forms of spaces, enclosure, scale, topographical spaces, and water space. All of the discussion here and in every section is illustrated with clear and often provocative drawings. The clarity of the writing and the selection of the drawings, even if based on photographs, make for a lucid picture. The work is an important and provocative contribution. It truly is a visual introduction. Brief bibliography; list of sources for many of the illustrations. Recommended. General readers; upper-division undergraduate and graduate students; professionals. T. J. McCormick emeritus, Wheaton College (MA)
