This book is a cutting edge study examining the attitudes to both nature and the built environment of the designer; the client and the society in which an intervention (be it architecture; landscape design or a piece of art) is made. The legacy of the Modernist view of nature and the environment is also addressed; and the degree to which such ideas continue to impinge on contemporary interventions is assessed.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. This book was not at all what I was expecting ...By Linda GriffeyThis book was not at all what I was expecting. I thought it would provide pictures and names of gods and goddesses with a description of what the gods and goddesses represented and why they were/are worshipped. But the pictures have no descriptions of who the gods are other than their names. Very disappointing. I am very sorry that I purchased this book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Meh; not good; not great...just ok.By Neil HajbaThis wasnt the kind of collection of drawing that I was expecting. Many drawings are primitive and basic. Not a reference book; nor a reading book.....Im turning mine into an adult coloring book- because there really is no other use for it.....aside from one or two pieces to use as clip art. A big disappointment; but luckily I bought it used....I wouldve been furious if I had paid full price for this work.10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. I LIKE IT...............By Ray KayeI would have liked a colour version; but black and white is ok by me. I grew up with black and white TV; so what the hay? I think the drawings depict what I was looking for; as far as identification is concerned.There is even a page that shows/depicts sectarial markings (for different Hindu sects) and the drawings are very exact and intricate; as they were re-published in 2006 from much earlier drawings done in the 1800s; when colour was not at its best; if you will. Its quite clear that these are adaptations from an earlier time; using descriptive indexes and plate numbers; typical of yesteryear. Quite a delight to take refuge from computer generated-mass produced illustrations of today.