Description: Landscape For Living, By Garrett Eckbo. An Architectural Record Book by F. W. Dodge Co. 1950 First Edition. Grey cloth Hard Cover with dust jacket. 262 pages. Illustrated with numerous b/w photos, drawings. Measures 10 3/4" x 8 1/2". Many photos by Julius Shulman including the frontispiece photo of a pool garden in Beverly Hills and 16 other Shulman photos, landscape drawings for Gregory Ain's Park Planned Homes in Altadena, 7 drawings of Ain's Mar Vista Housing landscaping, 14 drawings of Ain's Co-Operative Housing in the San Fernando Valley landscaping, 8 landscape drawings and 4 photos of the Mutual Housing Authority's Crestwood Hills development designed by A. Quincy Jones, Whitney Smith and Edgardo Contini. A groundbreaking book. This seminal work essentially defined Modern landscape architecture. Eckbo saw landscape design as a vehicle for social change by breaking down the boundaries between indoor and outdoor living. Throughout Eckbo's career he maintained his vision of the interaction of art and science to create environments that were functional and livable, while maintaining the social, ecological and cultural approach to design.
Price: 285 USD
Location: Pickens, South Carolina
End Time: 2024-12-01T17:58:22.000Z
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Author: Garrett Eckbo
Publisher: F. W. Dodge Corporation
Topic: Architecture
Subject: Art & Photography
Original/Facsimile: Original
