Movement and Meaning: The Landscapes of Hoerr Schaudt
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (760 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580934749 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A stunning new retrospective documenting the global imprint of the duo’s renowned green thumb"—Michigan Avenue magazine
Hoerr Schaudt’s seasonal, plant-driven designs are sure to inspire landscape architects and home gardeners alike.. Readers will come away with an understanding of both the art and the science that goes into creating a rich experience through innovative landscape architecture techniques. Movement and Meaning explores forty-five public, private, and cultural projects, revealing Hoerr Schaudt’s talent for creating meaningful, ever-evolving designs. Over the past twenty years, the principals of Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects have been acknowledged innovators in landscape architecture, and the firm has won numerous awards for its urban public spaces, academic campuses, green roofs, commercial developments, cultural institutions, and recreational destinations. They have also designed gardens in other climates, including Palm Springs, California; Rhode Island; and Antigua. In Movement and Meaning, this landscape architecture firm reveals how they embed plant material into their projects, embracing biological changes wrought by time. The firm has also completed dozens of private estate gardens throughout the Midwest, including in Chicago proper; Lake Forest, Peoria, and Winnetka, Illinois; Grand Rapids and Harbor Springs, Michigan; and Lake Ge
The work depicted here is beautiful. It's also thoroughly worked out and perfectly fit Early in design school I fondly remember a beloved professor calling a fellow student a "design animal". By that comment I understood that professor to mean that the student understood his design and it's relation to the world with every fiber of his being. Doug Hoerr is truly a "landscape animal". The work depicted here is beautiful. It's also thoroughly worked out and perfectly f. A breath of fresh air! This book should be a staple in everyone’s home. The extensive line-up of plant-driven projects covering the gamut of public, private, and cultural designs tell a story of art in nature. The lush photography with details on the design layout only further enhances the book’s authenticity. Whether you are a landscape architect, a residential designer, or purely someone wh. "The pictures are rich and their ideas are inspiring!" according to philbm. Even an experienced landscape architect would be inspired by one of their projects while the novice would simply enjoy flipping through the large, rich pictures of one beautiful landscape after another - like I did!
. Douglas Hoerr was raised on a farm in Indiana—the perfect setting for developing a fascination with the natural world. He has been the recipient of numerous professional awards including, most recently, the 2016 American Society of Landscape Architects “Landmark Award” for the Michigan Avenue Streetscapes. Upon his return to the United States he founded his own firm and merged with Hoerr in 2008. He founded his own studio upon moving to Chicago in 1991. He has worked