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Under the Open Sky / Unter freiem Himmel: Emscher Landscape Park / Emscher Landschaftspark Bilingual Edition
Author(s): Regionalverband Ruhr (Author)
- Publisher: Birkhäuser GmbH
- Publication Date: 7 May 2010
- Edition: Bilingual
- Language: English
- Print length: 232 pages
- ISBN-10: 3034602669
- ISBN-13: 9783034602662
Book Description
Even in an international context, the Emscher Landscape Park represents the most significant effort to date to use landscape architecture to revitalize a former industrial region. It is remarkable for the sheer variety of its built projects as well as the caliber of its participants, including Peter Latz, Norman Foster, Jörg Schlaich, Frei Otto, Rem Koolhaas, Henri Bava, Michel Desvigne, Richard Serra, and others. The roughly thirty most important parks, gardens, landmarks, installations, bridges, reclamation projects, etc. have been newly photographed, expertly described, and contextualized. With its 450 km², the Emscher Landscape Park encompasses a substantial portion of the Ruhr district, which will be showcased as European Capital of Culture in 2010.
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About the Author
Der Herausgeber Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR) ist der Zusammenschluss der Kommunen im Ruhrgebiet.
The publisher, Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR, Ruhr Regional Association), is a consortium of all of the municipalities in the Ruhr district.
