Detailingmakesalandscapeunique,andalandscapearchitectoutstanding.Featuringmanyoftheworld'smosthighlyacclaimedlandscapearchitects,thebookpresents40ofthemostrecentlycompletedandinfluentiallandscapedesigns.Eachprojectispresentedwithcolorphotographs,siteplans,andsectionsaswellasnumerousconstructiondetails.Thereisalsoabriefdescriptivetext,detailedcaptionsandin-depthinformationforeachproject.Theprojectsarepresentedinclearandconciselayoutsoverfourpages.Allthedrawingsarestyledinthesameconsistentmannerandpresentedatstandardarchitecturalscalesforeasycomparison.Intendedforarchitects,engineers,andlandscapearchitects,thebookwillalsobeinvaluableforarchitecture,garden,andlandscapedesignstudents,forwhomitwillbearesourcenotonlyforunderstandingtheworkofthebestcontemporarylandscapearchitects,butalsoasatoolfortheirowndesignwork.Thefeaturedarchitectsbycountryinclude:Australia-AntonJamesDesign,Donaldson+WarnArchitects,Room4.1.3,TractConsultants;Canada-NoelHardingandNeilHadley;China-TurenscapeandtheCentreforLandscapeArchitecture;Cyprus-MargaritaDanouandSevinaFloridou;CzechRepublic-APAtelier,JosefPleskot;France-EdouardFrancois,MosbachPaysagistes;Germany-BarkowLeibingerArchitects,Latz&Partners;Japan-NikkenSekkei;Spain-BatlleiRoig,EnricMirallesiBenedettaTagliabue,EMBTarquitectes;Sweden-FFNSArchitects;Switzerland-BurckhardtandPartner,Gigon,Guyer,SchweingruberZulaufLandschaftsarchitekten;TheNetherlands-AtelierKempeThill,BureauB+B,OKRA,West8;UK-CamlinLonsdaleLandscapeArchitects,ForeignOfficeArchitects,GrimshawArchitects,GustafsonPorter,andPatelTaylorArchitects.Thefeaturedarchitectsbycountryalsoinclude:USA-AbelBainnsonButz,NewYork,NY,GustafsonGuthrieNichol,Seattle,WA,HargreavesAssociates,Cambridge,MA,KeithKasemanandJulieBeckman,Philadelphia,PA,MayaLin,NewYork,NY,OfficeofDanKiley,Charlotte,VT,PeterWalkerandPartners,Berkeley,CA,WArchitecture+LandscapeArchitecture,NewYork,NY,andWenkAssociates,Inc,Denver,Colo.