Design on the Land: The Development of Landscape Architecture
- ISBN-10
- 0674198700
- ISBN-13
- 9780674198708
- Category
- Landscape architecture
- Pages
- 714
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1971
- Publisher
- La Editorial, UPR
- Author
- Norman T. Newton
Description
Focusing on the past century, the author traces the historical development of landscape architecture by analyzing specific outstanding works
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