Alistair Knox
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Alistair Knox
All these losses, for me, carry equal weight, precisely because, for Black, research and writing about building held as much transformational potential as design and construction. Indeed, it might be true that, for Black, such a duality did not exist. Perhaps, for him, writing and spatial thinking were one and the same. This is what most excites me... See more
Black Builders
Eckbo’s book Landscape for Living, published in 1950, made a case for closer connections between modern architecture and landscape design, and for most of his life he argued for the possibilities of landscape design as an agent of social change,
Paul Goldberger • Building Art
Design and Planning for People in Place: Sir Patrick Geddes (1854–1932) and the Emergence of…
Daniel Christian Wahldesignforsustainability.medium.com
Apart from the work of Ellis Stones and Edna Walling, there was practically no original landscaping in Australia before the late 1950s except for that of Burley Griffin and the pre-First World War Guilfoyle, who was responsible for the Royal Botanic Gardens. There was, however, a growing awareness of Australia's indigenous flora, but the practice i... See more