Refining Nature: The Landscape Architecture of Peter Walker. Updated Edition, 2nd Edition

Peter Walker, born in 1932, is one of the most seminal and prolific figures in contemporary landscape design – both as a teacher and as practitioner. His career now spans six decades. Amongst his best-known works are Nasher Sculpture Garden in Dallas, Novartis Campus in Basel and the September 11 Memorial in New York. His “generous landscapes” are characterized by minimalist forms; theses spaces are classical but also entirely modern. Scott Melbourne’s review looks at this unique oeuvre in retrospective and pays close attention to how Walker’s urban squares and parks have fared over time. He studies the main design features and provides a comparative analysis of their effects. In the second and updated edition of this book, foreword and bibliography were revised and a subject index was added.Refining Nature: The Landscape Architecture of Peter Walker. Updated Edition 2nd Edition is written by Scott Jennings Melbourne and published by Birkhäuser. ISBNs for Refining Nature are 9783035626292, 3035626294 and the print ISBNs are 9783035625486, 3035625484.