Skrevet af CORNER, J
The past decade has been witness to a remarkable resurgence of interest
in landscape. While this recovery invokes a return of past traditions
and ideas, it also implies renewal, invention, and transformation. Recovering Landscape
collects a number of essays that discuss why landscape is gaining
increased attention today, and what new possibilities might emerge from
this situation. Themes such as reclamation, urbanism, infrastructure,
geometry, representation, and temporality are explored in discussions
drawn from recent developments not only in the United States but also in
the Netherlands, France, India, and Southeast Asia. The contributors to
this collection, all leading figures in the field of landscape
architecture, include Alan Balfour, Denis Cosgrove, Georges Descombes,
Christophe Girot, Steen Hoyer, David Leatherbarrow, Bart Lootsma,
Sebastien Marot, Anuradha Mathur, Marc Treib, and Alex Wall.
