Landscape for Living

by Garrett Eckbo

From the perspective of active practice and teaching in Los Angeles, Eckbo analyzes the theory and practice of landscape development in western culture. He illustrates and explains solutions to problems in specific applications and implementation, and explores theories developed from analyzing those solutions. Most of the examples are his own work. The 1950 edition was published by F. W. Dodge Corporation as Architectural Record Book . There is no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Genres: Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Nonfiction

262 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2002

Reviews

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pompous modernist but a watershed nonetheless, cheesy ameobic shapes...sweet axons

[Josh Fogelson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting from a historical perspective, but boring and outdated for 2017.