The Landscapes of Dieter Kienast
Description
Dieter Kienast (1945–1998) is a key Swiss figure in European landscape architecture. Amidst a striking change in the relationship between society and nature in the 1970s, he sought a synthesis between design and ecology. As a designer, planner, researcher, and university lecturer, Kienast introduced new facets to those fields. Critiques of urban planning, processes of participation, and the significance of spontaneous urban vegetation played just as prominent a role in these discussions as did art, literature, architecture, and the popularity of postmodernism. This book not only vividly deconstructs the ways in which design, theory, and representation are interwoven in Kienast’s work, but also sheds light on a specific period of landscape architecture.
About the Author
Anette Freytag is a professor of landscape architecture at Rutgers University.
Praise for The Landscapes of Dieter Kienast
2022 Receipient
— John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize from the University of Virginia School of Architecture
Recipient of the 2022 Landscape Studies Initiative Book Award
— The Center for Cultural Landscapes at the University of Virginia School of Architecture