Some core Landscape Architecture and Urban Design books to read:
- CCCB. 2009. Cerda and the Barcelona of the Future: Reality versus Project. CCCB
- Corner, J. and MacLean, A. 2000. Taking Measure Across the American Landscape. Yale
- Ivers, C. 2021. 250 Things a Landscape Architect Should Know. Birkhauser
- Kombol, M. 2015. 30:30 Landscape Architecture. Phaidon (written by Meaghan Kombol who teaches design at University of Greenwich)
- Sorkin M. 2001. Some Assembly Required. UoM Press
- Wall, E. 2020. The Landscapists. Wiley/Architectural Design (edited by Ed Wall who teaches design at University of Greenwich)
- Wall, E. and Waterman, T. 2009. Basics Landscape Architecture: Urban Design. Bloomsbury
Some projects by leading Landscape Architects and Urban Designers that you may find interesting:
- Cap De Creus, Girona by EMF*
- The High Line, New York City by Field Operations*
- Superkilen, Copenhagen by Topotek 1*
- Shouwburgplein, Rotterdam by West 8*
- Whiteinch Cross, Glasgow by Gross Max*
- Borneo Sporenberg, Amsterdam by West 8*
- Freshkills Park, Staten Island, New York by Field Operations*
- Eastern Curve, London by J&L Gibbons*
- Oystertecture, New York City by Scape*
- Detroit Future City, Detroit by Stoss*
* Designers who have lectured at University of Greenwich
Some other books that we are reading at the moment, include:
- Appleyard, D. 1965. The View from the Road. MIT Press
- Corner, J. 1999. Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Architecture. Princeton Architectural Press
- Cureton, P. 2016. Strategies for Landscape Representation. Routledge
- Duneier, M. 2001. Sidewalk. Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Gandy, M. 2002. Concrete and Clay: Reworking Nature in the City. MIT Press
- Goodwin, D. 2017. The Urban Tree. Routledge
- Graham, S. and Marvin, S. Splintering Urbanism. Routledge
- Jackson, J. B. 1984. Discovering the Vernacular Landscape. Yale University Press
- Jacobs, J. 1969. Death and Life of Great American Cities. Random House
- Jellicoe, G and Jellicoe, S. 1975. The Landscape of Man. Thames and Hudson
- Low, S and Smith. N. 2006. Politics of Public Space. Routledge
- Lynch, K. 1960. The Image of the City. MIT Press
- McHarg, I. 1969. Design With Nature. Wiley
- Reed, C. and Lister, N. 2014. Projective Ecologies. Actar
- Sorkin, M. 1993. Local Code: Constitution of a City at Forty Two Degrees North Latitude. Princeton Architectural Press
- Stewart, I. et al. 2014. Composite Landscapes: Photomontage and Landscape Architecture. Hatje Cantz
- Thompson, I. 2014. Landscape Architecture – A very short introduction. Oxford
- Waldheim, C. 2006. Landscape Urbanism Reader. Princeton Architectural Press
- Wall, E and Waterman, T. 2017. Landscape and Agency: Critical Essays. Routledge
Five essays for Master students preparing to study at Greenwich:
- Advanced Landscapes by Ed Wall (2020)
- Reciprocal Landscapes by Jane Hutton (2013)
- No Design on Stolen Land by Pierre Belanger (2020)
- Unintentional landscapes by Matthew Gandy (2016)
- Representation and Landscape by James Corner (1992)