Like most cemeteries, the grounds of Laurel Hill are mostly covered by two things: grave markers and grass. Although landscaping is necessary to keep the grave markers clean, visible, and accessible, modern landscaping methods can potentially cause damage to Laurel Hill‘s hundre…
The Chahar-Bagh Avenue and the extensive gardens and pavilions surrounding it, represent the most significant contribution to Safavid Isfahan in the 17th century. This thesis aims at a historical review as well as a cultural and theoretical analysis of various forces that led to…
China's foremost landscape designer Kongjian Yu and his office Turenscape are beyond doubt the foremost landscape architecture firm in China today. The vast scale of China and its apparently boundless growth have enabled Yu to test many ideas that are still largely theories in t…
Kongjian Yu and his office Turenscape are beyond doubt the foremost landscape architecture practice in China today. Kongjian Yu is known for his ecological stance, often against the resistance of local authorities. His guiding design principles are the appreciation of the ordina…
Illustrating recent urban solutions that meet the current requirements of design, ecology, sociology and economy, this book addresses the subject of designing inner-city spaces.
