Recent Waterscapes: Planning, Building and Designing with Water - Hardcover

New Waterscapes: Planning, Building and Designing with Water

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 176 pages. After decades of being banished from residential areas, water is now becoming an increasingly significant feature in urban design. Whether it is the integrat ion of natural water courses into the built environment rainwater management, th e incorporation of water elements in urban areas for climatic purposes or the cr eation of oases of tranquility or drama such as pools or fountains all these asp ects are not only encountering renewed interest among architects and urban plann ers, but they are also greeted with appreciation by the general public. This boo k reveals the wide variety of possibilities for using water as a creative elemen t in the city, in art, in the landscape and architecture. Amongst the works do cumented are a large new city park in Portland (Oregon), the botanical gardens i n New York Queens, the conversion of a former airport in Oslo, the park for a ne w residential area in Oulu, near the Polar Circle in Finland, or a project for H angzhon, China. Artikel-Nr. 990u

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