New Releases by Ian L. McHarg

A.D. Gordon was one of the most interesting and original Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century. Quest for Life presents Gordon’s philosophy, which was developed in Hebrew at the beginning of the twentieth century, to the English reading public. It discusses the role played by the early Land of Israel pioneering labor community in the development of his thought, and offers a new understanding of its major themes, including: the relation of humanity to nature, human freedom, ethnicity, religion, and ethics. In addition, the book discusses the repercussions of Gordon’s thought with respect to contemporary civilization while suggesting its implicit ‘quest for life’ as the basis for a re-evaluation of such topics as the meaning of human life, Jewish peoplehood and the idea of a Jewish homeland.

Ian L. McHarg''s landmark book Design with Nature changed the face of landscape architecture and planning by promoting the idea that the design of human settlements should be based on ecological principles. McHarg was one of the earliest and most influential proponents of the notion that an understanding of the processes that form landscapes should underlie design decisions. In To Heal the Earth, McHarg has joined with Frederick Steiner, a noted scholar of landscape architecture and planning, to bring forth a valuable cache of his writings produced between the 1950s and the 1990s. McHarg and Steiner have each provided original material that links the writings together, and places them within the historical context of planning design work and within the larger field of ecological planning as practiced today. The book moves from the theoretical-beginning with the 1962 essay "Man and Environment" which sets forth the themes of religion, science, and creativity that emerge and reappear throughout McHarg''s work -- to the practical, including discussions of methods and techniques for ecological planning as well as case studies. Other sections address the link between ecology and design, and the issue of ecological planning at a regional scale, covering topics such as education and training necessary to develop the field of ecological planning, how to organize and arrange biophysical information to reveal landscape patterns, the importance of incorporating social factors into ecological planning, and more. To Heal the Earth provides a larger framework and a new perspective on McHarg''s work that brings to light the growth and development of his key ideas over a forty year period. It is an important contribution to the literature, and will be essential reading for students and scholars of ecological planning, as well as for professional planners and landscape architects.

One of the legendary figures in twentieth-century landscape design, Ian McHarg transformed the fields of landscape architecture and planning through his personal methodology, his unique curriculum at the University of Pennsylvania, and his own inspired writing. In classic texts such as his landmark 1969 book Design with Nature, McHarg painted an incredibly rich and exuberant picture of the organic world while conjuring up a vision of a more wholesome and productive metropolis. In this new entry in the popular Conversations with Students series, we are proud to make McHarg''s never-before-in-print lecture "Collaboration with Nature" available for the first time. Captured on tape in the 1970s, the lecture is the sequel to Design with Nature. This is a must-read for anyone in the fields of landscape architecture, environmental science, and urban planning.

A concise, illuminating collection of essential essays from one of the pioneers of the field of landscape architecture.

New poetic work from the Grandfather of Ecological Planning and author of the classic book Design with Nature. Twenty-five poems in all. Ian McHarg founded the department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in 1954 and has become identified as founder of ecological planning and design. He has written numerous articles and professional reports, but is best known for the classic Design with Nature, a finalist for the National Book Award in 1969. He was awarded the National Medal of Art from President Bush in 1992. He lives with his wife and two sons in Pennsylvania.

La preocupacion general por el deterioro del medio ambiente ha promovido entre los arquitectos un compromiso con la ecologia y una actitud mas responsable en la seleccion de materiales y tecnicas constructivas. Ahora bien, esta voluntad de proyectar con la naturaleza se frena en muchas ocasiones por una cierta desinformacion en relacion a los criterios a seguir, debido a la propia novedad de muchos conceptos. Ken Yeang es uno de los profesionales que mas ha investigado sobre arquitectura bioclimatica y ecologica. Ha introducido en el diseno arquitectonico el concepto de ecosistema y ha planteado el analisis del impacto ambiental de las construcciones arquitectonicas como un segmento de un flujo mas amplio de interacciones, que no solo incluye los factores climaticos y la gestion de los recursos, sino tambien la intervencion de los organismos vivos. En este libro, Yeang explica de manera sistematica los metodos idoneos para que el profesional pueda analizar situaciones concretas que se plantean en los proyectos de arquitectura; disenar estrategias globales que permitan la gestion de la energia y los materiales a lo largo de todo el ciclo de vida de los edificios; y, tambien, comprobar los efectos de las decisiones adoptadas.

书名原文∶Design with nature

This is a new paperback version of a text, originally published in 1969, that outlined the principles of urban design from an environmental perspective. It should benefit architects, urban and regional planners, and environmentalists