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Native Landscape Design In Alaska, Larinda Peterson
Native Landscape Design In Alaska, Larinda Peterson
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
As the frontiers of Alaska are developed in the coming years, there is a progressive need for landscape design that appropriately embraces the native wilderness, while creating livable environments for the people who cohabitate with nature at its fullest. This insight and real life application present an interesting understanding of the possibilities for landscape design in Alaska. With a rich history and diverse habitat, the constraints upon land transformation reflect an inert need for preservation of wilderness and the native landscape, protection of viable resources (peat bogs, wetlands, fresh water, vegetation and wildlife), and restoration of disturbed lands.
Art Landforms A Study Of How Designers Are Using The Landscape, Rachelle Jones
Art Landforms A Study Of How Designers Are Using The Landscape, Rachelle Jones
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
By examining the past and present forms of landscape designs, this report will establish a basis to understand one of the core elements of the Landscape Architecture profession. Using the land as a medium for expressing ones art and passions has been used for centuries. Fletcher Steele, Robert Smithson, Alan Sonfist, and George Hargreaves are all designers which have used land as a vital part for the creation of their designs and/or environmental art pieces. They all, in their own way, have been instrumental in how contemporary designers use and understanding of the land has changed and evolved over time. …
Contemporary Landscape Architecture Designing With The Fine Arts, Matthew Kerby Durkovich
Contemporary Landscape Architecture Designing With The Fine Arts, Matthew Kerby Durkovich
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
lt is the year 2006. We live in a time where advances in technology and processes surround us at every tum of our lives, and in almost every profession that exists. The medical world, for example, now benefits from such advanced practices that could have only been imagined a half century ago. The computer industry has grasped only a fraction of what is possible in this day and age, and yet their products still seem so futuristic that we wonder what will come the next day. The automotive industry, construction trade, science fields, and many other disciplines are experiencing breakthroughs …