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The Essential Ian McHarg(Updated)
Writings on Design and Nature
by Ian L. Mcharg, Frederick R. Steiner, Dean Frederick Steiner
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2006 by Island Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-59726-117-3, ISBN: 1-59726-117-3

"William H. Roberts, partner-in-charge; Ian L. McHarg, consulting partner; Ross Whaley, reconnaissance coordinator, and others from Colorado State University; F. A. Branson; R. F. Miller; R. S. Aro; Dennis McGlade; Ed Boyer; and others. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Development Research Associates and Wallace, McHarg, Roberts and Todd. 1972. Regional Growth 1971–2000. Denver: Regional Transportation District. William H. Roberts, partn ..."






A Quest for Life(1st Edition)
An Autobiography (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design)
by Ian L. Mcharg, Stewart L. Udall
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 1996 by Wiley
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-08628-4, ISBN: 0-471-08628-2

""Show me any civilization that believes that reality exists only because man can perceive it, that the cosmos was erected to support man on its pinnacle, that man is exclusively divine, and then I will predict the nature of his cities and its landscapes, the hot dog stands, the neon shill, the ticky-tacky houses, the sterile core, the mined and ravaged countryside. This is the image of anthropocentric man. He seeks not unity with nature ..."






Design with Nature(1st Edition)
(Wiley Series in Sustainable Design)
by Ian L. Mcharg, Adam Foster, Werner A. Hofer
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1995 by Wiley
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-11460-4, ISBN: 0-471-11460-X

""In presenting us with a vision of organic exuberance and human delight, which ecology and ecological design promise to open up for us, McHarg revives the hope for a better world." ––Lewis Mumford ". . . important to America and all the rest of the world in our struggle to design rational, wholesome, and productive landscapes." ––Laurie Olin, Hanna Olin, Ltd. "This century′s most influential landscape architecture book." ––Landsca ..."






The Once and Future Forest
A Guide To Forest Restoration Strategies
by Leslie Jones Sauer, Ian L. Mcharg, Andropogon Associates
Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 1998 by Island Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-55963-553-0, ISBN: 1-55963-553-3

"Developed by the pioneering landscape design firm of Andropogon Associates, world-renowned for their innovative approach to integrating environmental protection and restoration with landscape architecture and design, The Once and Future Forest is a guidebook for restoring and managing natural landscapes. Focusing on remnant forest systems, it describes methods of restoring and linking forest fragments to recreate a whole landscape fabri ..."






The Sustainable Urban Development Reader(1st Edition)
(Routledge Urban Reader Series)
by Timothy Beatley, Ebenezer Howard, Lewis Mumford, Aldo Leopold, Jane Jacobs, Ian L. Mcharg, Andre Gunder Frank, Herman E. Daly, Peter Calthorpe, Stephen M. Wheeler, Stephen Maxwell Wheeler
Paperback, 392 Pages, Published 2004 by Routledge: Taylor And Francis Group
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-31187-8, ISBN: 0-415-31187-X

"Bringing together classic readings from a wide variety of sources, this key book investigates how our cities and towns can become more sustainable.Thirty-eight selections span issues such as land use planning, urban design, transportation, ecological restoration, economic development, resource use and equity planning. Section introductions outline the major themes, whilst the editors' introductions to the individual writings explain the ..."






Design with Nature(1st Edition)
by Ian L. Mcharg
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 1991 by John Wiley & Sons
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-55797-5, ISBN: 0-471-55797-8

""In presenting us with a vision of organic exuberance and human delight, which ecology and ecological design promise to open up for us, McHarg revives the hope for a better world." --Lewis Mumford ". . . important to America and all the rest of the world in our struggle to design rational, wholesome, and productive landscapes." --Laurie Olin, Hanna Olin, Ltd. "This century's most influential landscape architecture book." --Landscape A ..."






Design With Nature
by Ian L. Mcharg, G. Mchargue
Paperback, 197 Pages, Published 1971 by Natural History Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-05509-3, ISBN: 0-385-05509-9

"The first book to describe an ecologically sound approach to the planning and design of communities, Design with Nature has done much over the past 25 years to shape public environmental policy. This paperback edition makes this classic accessible to a wider audience than ever before. Lavishly illustrated with more than 300 color photos and line drawings."






Design with nature(1st Edition)
by Ian L. Mcharg, I.L. Mchard
Hardcover, 197 Pages, Published 1969 by American Museum Of Natural History
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-02142-5, ISBN: 0-385-02142-9

""In presenting us with a vision of organic exuberance and human delight, which ecology and ecological design promise to open up for us, McHarg revives the hope for a better world." --Lewis Mumford ". . . important to America and all the rest of the world in our struggle to design rational, wholesome, and productive landscapes." --Laurie Olin, Hanna Olin, Ltd. "This century's most influential landscape architecture book." --Landscape A ..."






Ian McHarg(1st Edition)
Conversations with Students / Dwelling in Nature
by James Corner, Ian L. Mcharg, Lynn Margulis, Brian Holt Hawthorne
Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2007 by Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56898-620-3, ISBN: 1-56898-620-3

"One of the legendary figures in twentieth-century 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 the vision for a more ..."






Some Songs to the Stars
A Collection of Poems
by Ian L. Mcharg
Paperback, 57 Pages, Published 2001 by Knossus Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-0-9650306-0-1, ISBN: 0-9650306-0-1

"New poetic work from the Grandfather of Ecological Planning and author of the classic book Design with Nature."






Design with Nature
by Ian L. Mcharg
Library, 197 Pages, Published 1995 by San Val
ISBN-13: 978-0-613-92333-0, ISBN: 0-613-92333-2

"In so doing, it provides nothing less than the scientific, technical, and philosophical foundations for a mature civilization that will, as Lewis Mumford ecstatically put it in his Introduction to the 1969 edition, "replace the polluted, ..."






Russel Wright(2nd Edition)
Good Design Is For Everyone
by Ian L. Mcharg, Russel Wright, Dianne H. Pilgrim, Malcolm Holzman
Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 2001 by Universe
ISBN-13: 978-0-7893-0654-8, ISBN: 0-7893-0654-9






To Heal the Earth(1st Edition)
Selected Writings Of Ian L. McHarg
by Ian L. Mcharg, Robert Yaro, Frederick R. Steiner
Hardcover, 394 Pages, Published 1998 by Island Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-55963-573-8, ISBN: 1-55963-573-8






To Heal the Earth(2nd Edition)
Selected Writings of Ian L. McHarg
by Ian L. Mcharg, Frederick R. Steiner, Robert Yaro
Paperback, 394 Pages, Published 2007 by Island Press
Large Print
ISBN-13: 978-1-59726-123-4, ISBN: 1-59726-123-8

"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, ..."






Hippie Modernism
The Struggle for Utopia
by Meredith Gaglio, Howard Odum, Hanns Reich, Lao Tzu, Archie Bahm, Aldo Leopold, Wendell Berry, Lewis Mumford, Barry Commoner, Helen Nearing, Scott Nearing, Jeannie Darlington, United Nations, Ian Mcharg, Stewart Brand, Paul Oliver, Dean Fleming, Steve Baer, Keith Critchlow, Lloyd Kahn, Ken Kern, Reginald Laubin, Gladys Laubin, Frei Otto, Caroline Maniaque-Benton, R. Buckminster Fuller, D'arcy W. Thompson, Herbert A. Simon, Paul R. Ehrlich, Garrett De Bell, Henry David Thoreau, C. L. Duddington, Ant Farm, Paul Jacques Grillo, Victor Papanek, Farrington Daniels, Mary Garth, Kakuso Okakura, Ernst F. Schumacher, Elsie G. Davenport, Joan Wiener, Sharon Rosenburg, Paul Goodman, Percival Goodman, Peter Rabbit, Alicia B. Laurel, Edward T. Hall, Gary Snyder, Ita Jones, Michael Abehsera, Saul D. Alinsky, James Baldwin, Margaret Mead, John Muir, Tom Cuthbertson, William Hillcourt, Anthony Greenbank, Arthur Lockwood, David Greenhood, Norbert Wiener, Marshall Mcluhan, Nicholas Negroponte, Jasia Reichardt, Robert Theobald, Law Commune, Lawrence Halprin, Beryl Korot, Harry L. Hiett, Samuel Yanes, Cia Holdorf, John H. Storer, Miguel Covarrubias, Forrest Wilson, Timothy Leary, Baba Ram Dass, Robert Crumb, Donald A. Schön, Donald A. Schoen, The Mit Press
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2016 by The Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-52928-0, ISBN: 0-262-52928-9

"A source book for American culture in the 1960s and 1970s: “suggested reading” from the Last Whole Earth Catalog, from Thoreau to James Baldwin.The Whole Earth Catalog was a cultural touchstone of the 1960s and 1970s. The iconic cover image of the Earth viewed from space made it one of the most recognizable books on bookstore shelves. Between 1968 and 1971, almost two million copies of its various editions were sold, and not just to com ..."






Pinch
by Ian Mcharg
246 Pages, Published 2017 by Silverwood Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-78132-693-0, ISBN: 1-78132-693-2

"December 1941. German U-Boats dominate the war in the North Atlantic and Britain is desperate for a breakthrough in cracking their naval codes. Can Lieutenant Bolt and his men rise to the challenge?"






The Pinch
by Ian Mcharg
Paperback, 246 Pages, Published 2017 by Silverwood Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-78132-692-3, ISBN: 1-78132-692-4

"December 1941. German U-Boats dominate the war in the North Atlantic and Britain is desperate for a breakthrough in cracking their naval codes. The admiralty needs an intelligence pinch, and a Kriegsmarine shore-based wireless station in the Norwegian town of Vågsøy is the target. Lieutenant Robert Bolt and his section of hand-picked commandos, led by the tough and uncompromising Corporal Sam Butcher, are tasked with the secret mission. ..."






Litani River
by Ian Mcharg
Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 2011 by Shn
ISBN-13: 978-1-907463-38-9, ISBN: 1-907463-38-0

"Litani River is the story of No.11 (Scottish) Commando's daring raid behind enemy lines during Operation Exporter in Syria in 1941. The book follows the unit's officers and men from its formation in Galashiels, through arduous commando training on the Isle of Arran; and on to the Middle East via Cape Town and Cyprus. The story climaxes with the Commando taking part in the first opposed amphibious landing on an occupied shore by a compl ..."






Urban Encounters
Art, Architecture, Audience: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, March 19-April 30, 1980
by Lawrence Alloway, Janet Kardon, Nancy Foote, Ian Mcharg
Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 1993 by University Of Pennsylvania, Institute Of Cont
ISBN-13: 978-0-88454-055-7, ISBN: 0-88454-055-3

"Critical analysis of twenty-one important sites of public art in America including an index of work organized by city."






Progettare con la natura
by Ian L. Mcharg
Paperback, 252 Pages, Published 2007 by Franco Muzzio Editore
ISBN-13: 978-88-7413-152-5, ISBN: 88-7413-152-6



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