Before it was restored, the High Line was an untouched, abandoned landscape overgrown with wildflowers. Today it is much more than that; it’s a central plaza, a cultural center, a walkway, and a green retreat in a bustling city that is free for all to enjoy. But above all else, it is a beautiful, dynamic garden with plantings designed by Piet Oudolf, one of the world’s most extraordinary garden designers. Gardens of the High Line, by Piet Oudolf and Rick Darke, offers an in-depth view into the planting designs, plant palette, and maintenance of this landmark achievement. It reveals a four-season garden that is filled with native and exotic plants, drought-tolerant perennials, and grasses that thrive and spread. It also offers inspiration and advice to home gardeners and garden designers looking to recreate its iconic, naturalistic style. Featuring stunning photographs by Rick Darke and an introduction by Robert Hammond, the founder of the Friends of the High Line, this large-trim, photo-driven book is a must-have for anyone who appreciates the nature of design.
“A wholly enchanting celebration of the transformation of one sliver of urban industrial landscape.” —Booklist starred review
“Provides a richly illustrated and informative tour through the total expanse of the High Line. . . . Whether you are a repeat visitor to this unique park or preparing for your initial tour, this book is an engaging and helpful guide. Studying its photographs made me eager to plan yet another visit. I’m willing to bet it will have the same effect on you.” —Gardenista
Lavishly illustrated.” —Mother Nature Network
From the Author
We are both pleased to be collaborating with our friend and colleague graphic designer Lorraine Ferguson and Friends of the High Line to produce a book exclusively devoted to the High Line's gardens.
In 1933, the visionary sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–88) began making design proposals for children’s playgrounds in New York. The first one, Play Mountain (1933), marked the beginning of the artist’s fascination with exploring points of intersection between sculpture, public spaces and, above all, play. Radically experimental in its approach to children’s recreation, the design asserted, with no apparent precedent, that children’s exercise and entertainment could be stimulated by simply providing earth modulations and steps for running, jumping and sliding. Noguchi’s playground was a spectacular innovation of design, and something never before seen in New York City’s brief 32-year history of building and operating playgrounds. But Play Mountain also initiated a lengthy period of frustrated endeavor, in which Noguchi only saw one of his park designs become a reality. This changed in the 1970s, when public space policies began to favor artists’ participation in project design. Since then, Noguchi’s pioneering playgrounds have become a touchstone for the revival of interest in the golden era of playground design. This is the first volume to bring together all of the artist’s investigations into playgrounds over a period of 50 years. It reproduces his beautiful scale models, sketches and photographs of iconic designs, highlighting a little-known facet of one of the most versatile sculptors of the 20th century.
Architect: Frank Gehry, "Frank Gehry's first Golf Course Design"
Design Concept: Frank Gehry used the the traditional garb the khandoura worn by Arab men as his concept and put a postmodern twist on it.
“The khandoura that the gentlemen wear the white clothes we’re thinking of this as a kind of oasis or mirage in the green. It’s going to have a floating quality. It has all the functional requirements of a building, but it feels ephemeral.” - Frank Gehry.
Total Floorspace: 18,000 sq m (194,000 sq ft), including a 26-room boutique hotel, two restaurants and a spa, as well as the more usual facilities.
Location:Saadiyat Island
Saadiyat Island is a large, low lying island 500 meters off the coast of Abu Dhabi island to be developed. A mixed commercial, residential, and leisure project is currently under construction on the island, expected to be completed in 2020.
According to government officials, Saadiyat Island is expected to become Abu Dhabi's cultural center. Read more at wiki
Developer: TDIC - Tourism Development & Investment Companyis developing a range of attractions on Saadiyat Island, including the Zayed National Museum - Foster + Partners , Louvre Abu Dhabi - Jean Nouvel, and the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art, designed building is due for completion in 2014 and will be the largest Guggenheim Museum at 42,000 square metres (450,000 square feet).
Golf Course: Gary Player designed 18 hole championship golf course and golf academy along the beach of Saadiyat Island.
Golf Course Architecture, Second Edition is fully updated with more than fifty percent new material, including more than twenty-five recent innovations in the golf industry. Revealing both the art and science of golf course architecture, it takes readers inside the designer’s mind through each step to designing a golf green, golf hole, and golf course. Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of full-color photographs, course maps, and drawings, this Second Edition explains the roots of ugliness and sources of beauty in courses, how the landscape communicates, and the connection between golfers and golf courses. Golf Course Architecture, Second Edition provides a wealth of accessible and helpful information on golf course architecture chronicling every facet of designing, building, renovating, and restoring a golf course. From the Back Cover
The bestselling "bible" of golf architecture—revised and updatedGolf Course Architecture, Second Edition is fully updated with more than fifty percent new material, including more than twenty-five recent innovations in the golf industry. Revealing both the art and science of golf course architecture, it takes readers inside the designer's mind through each step to designing a golf green, golf hole, and golf course. Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of full-color photographs, course maps, and drawings, this Second Edition explains the roots of ugliness and sources of beauty in courses, how the landscape communicates, and the connection between golfers and golf courses.
Golf Course Architecture, Second Edition provides a wealth of accessible and helpful information on golf course architecture—from its earliest beginnings with Old Tom Morris to modern architectural design—chronicling every facet of designing, building, renovating, and restoring a golf course. In a refreshingly frank style, this new edition explains:
Tee, green, and bunker construction Turfgrass establishment Design theory Trends and techniques for drainage and irrigation
Golf Course Architecture, Second Edition is a perfect reference for golf enthusiasts, green committees, green chairmen, builders, and developers, as well as superintendents, golf professionals, and course managers.
Architecture Book Description Publication Date: June 26, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0071461205 | ISBN-13: 978-0071461207 | Edition: 4 With more than 30 percent new material, the fourth edition of this classic is an indispensable resource for practicing landscape architecture professionals as well as students. The most comprehensive overview of landscape architecture available, this reference covers every aspect of planning, design, installation, implementation, and maintenance. Landscape architects, architects, and everyone else involved with the shaping of our living environment will find in this colorful book a systematic approach to the creation of more usable, efficient, and attractive outdoor places. Simply put--it is the best one-volume course ever written on landscape planning and landscape design.
Editorial Reviews From the Back Cover 400 MAGNIFICENT FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS INCORPORATE HARMONY AND SUSTAINABILITY INTO LAND PLANNING AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN This completely updated modern classic provides a systematic approach to the creation of more usable, efficient, aesthetically pleasing outdoor spaces and places. Readers will find hundreds of teaching diagrams, plans, photographs, and graphics -- including the works of many of the world's leading landscape architects and firms. Offering unparalleled coverage of every aspect of the theory, application, and practice of landscape architecture, this reference belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in how people and the environment can be brought into greater accord. Unquestionably the best way to keep pace with the latest thinking in environmental planning and landscape design, the new Fourth Edition covers: The fundamentals of landscape and environmental planning Nature as the all-embracing framework Topography and earth modeling Treatment of wetlands, waterways, and water bodies And more From the basics of using the natural landscape as the ecological basis for all land use planning to breakthrough methods for designing habitations and communities, Landscape Architecture provides step-by-step procedures for: Selecting and analyzing sites Assessing environmental impact Developing detailed designs Product Details Hardcover: 396 pages Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 4 edition (June 26, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0071461205 ISBN-13: 978-0071461207
Architecture Book Description Publication Date: November 1, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0810942534 | ISBN-13: 978-0810942530 This volume presents a history of the ways in which human beings have shaped the landscape at cult sites, in cities and on great private estates, from prehistoric times to the present, throughout the world. The book considers what the evolution of the design of the landscape reveals about the development of society and culture, examining famous cities, palaces and parks, as well as lesser-known designed landscapes, and even sites now vanished from around the world. Illustrated with hundreds of phtographs, drawings and plans, the book leads the reader through ancient cities, palatial gardens and magnificent sanctuaries. Also covered are: the royal cemeteries of ancient Egypt; the superb temples of ancient Greece and Rome; the magnificent gardens of Renaissance and Baroque Europe and the Far East; the great public parks of the late 19th century; and some of the most exciting avant-garde gardens and earth works of the present day.
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