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When Modern Was Green - Life and Work of Landscape Architect Leberecht Migge (Hardcover)
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When Modern Was Green - Life and Work of Landscape Architect Leberecht Migge (Hardcover)
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Winner of the Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Book Award 2013 presented
by the Society of Architectural Historians Today, contemporary
landscape design is increasingly drawing from ideas of
sustainability and ecological stability. Not in fact new, the
foundations of this approach stem from early twentieth century
Germany, where architects and planners were already beginning to
use the design concepts which are now referred to as "green". This
ecological school of thought was driven by modernist landscape
architect Leberecht Migge (1881-1935). Working with significant
modernist architects of the age - including Martin Elsaesser, Ernst
May, Bruno Taut, and Martin Wagner - Migge was responsible for some
of the most important housing and planning projects of the age; the
mass housing settlements, or Grosssiedlungen, of Frankfurt Main and
Berlin. Using "biotechnic" principles to integrally link dwelling
and garden, Migge was able to recycle household waste to grow
foodstuffs through the use of innovative infrastructure and open
space planning. Also a skilled park and garden designer, he drew
together green and architectural elements in his
"garden-architectonic" approach. David H. Haney's book is the first
to fully document Leberecht Migge's life and work. Using Migge as a
starting point, Haney addresses conceptual and theoretical aspects
of German ecological design, challenging conventional assumptions
about modernism and ecological design history. With 200
illustrations and photographs, When Modern Was Green is ideal for
students and academics interested in modernism, landscape history
and higher level German studies.
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