Author: MOORE, CHARLES W.; MITCHELL, WILLIAM J.; TURNBULL, WILLIAM JR.
Title: The Poetics of Gardens
Description: Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: MIT Press, 1989. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 0262132311. 257 pages including index and bibliography. "A lively and provocative presentation of great places and ideas that underlie them. I know of no book that looks as sympathetically and knowingly at gardens and garden design." - William L. Porter, Professor of Architecture, MIT. Includes over 500 sketches, axonometric drawings, and photographs which explore the special qualities of places and the acts that can transform them into gardens. Gift greetings upon half-title page else unmarked. Light wear to book. Moderate wear to jacket. Solid copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; GARDENS DESIGN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE GARDENING GARDEN The Poetics of Gardens Design Landscape Architecture index and bibliography. "A lively and provocative presentation of great places and ideas that underlie them. I know of no book that looks as symp. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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