"While many fields struggle to specify feminine contributions, the work of women has always played a fundamental role in American landscape architecture. Women claim responsibility for many landscape types now taken for granted, including community gardens, playgrounds, and streetscapes. This collection of essays by leaders in the discipline addresses the ways that gender has influenced the history, design practice and perception of land ..."
"There was just a spirit about Ambler that Louise Carter later described: “We were
venturing into completely new territory for women and we had no way of knowing
what opportunities the future might hold for us. But we had enthusiasm for the
work and faith and zeal. And we realized that we were blazing a new trail; if we
were successful in the positions we held, it would create new opportunities for the
students of the future.”18 The ..."
"The relationship between landscape and architecture became strained in the early years of the Modern movement, when, in their respective efforts to idealize and universalize the construction of place, these two disciplines parted ways. Re-envisioning Landscape/Architecture aims to create a platform where they can be reunited in critical dialogue. The essays collected herein were originally brought together at a symposium and lecture ser ..."
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