A Vision of the Rural

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
3. Foreword 9
4. The Analogue, the Adaptive, and the New : Thinking the Grammar of Landscape 13
5. Toward a Theory of Contemporary Landscape Ornament 31
6. The “Green Image of the City” Mapping Zurich : A Case Study 65
7. Távora, Siza, and Nature 83
8. Museum Insel Hombroich : The Construction of an Alternative Natural Space 91
9. Ruach : Two Children 101
10. A Farewell to the Concept of Landscape ? 113
11. A Vision of the Rural 129
12. The Ethical Relevance of Simple Things Art, Crafts, Design, and Modern Life 151
13. Other Ways We Could Build 165
14. The Simple’ s Strength Rethinking Vernacular Form 179
15. Licht im Norden 193
16. To Design Is to Transgress : Toward an Understanding of Architectural Design 197
17. The Essence of the Analogy in Architecture— And the Spirit of cittá analoga 211
18. Carpet of Memory : Messages from Monuments 227
19. Prospectus for an Academy in the Countryside A Dialogue 237
20. Appendix 249
21. IMPRINT 256