book review
In each summer semester master students of landscape architecture at the LAT compile reviews in a one-semester "writing workshop", ie short critical book reviews on selected specialist literature, which is of importance for landscape architecture and design. The book selection is made in collaboration between the students and the Department of Landscape Architecture and Transformation.
All reviews are available mostly in german language here as PDF documents and should provide a small guide to book selection. The responsibility for content and copyright protection lies exclusively with the authors. We wish you an interesting lecture!
The book review of: "Fluss.Raum.Entwerfen - Planungsstrategien für urbane Fließgewässer",
Authors: Martin Prominski, Antje Stokmann, Susanne Zeller, Daniel Stimberg, Hinnerk Voermanek,
Publisher: Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2012.
By Dominik Ophey, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2024 (PDF)
The book review of: "Rebel Cities - From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution",
Author: David Harvey, Publisher: Verso, London - New York 2012.
By Yufan Ma, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2024 (PDF)
The book review of: "Power of Landscape - Novel Narratives to Engage with the Energy Transition",
Authors: Sven Stremke, Dirk Oudes, Paolo Picchi, Publisher: NAI Publishers, Rotterdam 2022.
By Thomas Banas, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2024 (PDF)
The book review of: "Landkrank", Author: Nikolaj Schultz, Publisher: Suhrkamp, Krems 2024.
By Jingyi Li, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2024 (PDF)
The book review of: "An Art of Instrumentality - The Landscape Architecture of Richard Weller", Author: Richard J. Weller, Publisher: ORO Editions, Novato, CA 2023.
By Nadun Jayasundara, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2024 (PDF)
The book review of: "An Art of Instrumentality - The Landscape Architecture of Richard Weller", Author: Richard J. Weller, Publisher: ORO Editions, Novato, CA 2023.
By Philipp Endisch, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2024 (PDF)
The book review of: "Breathe - Investigations into our atmospherically entangled future", Editor: Klaus K. Loenhart, Publisher: Birkhäuser, Basel 2021.
By Étienne René-Contant, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2023 (PDF)
The book review of: "Dieter Kienast – Die Poetik des Gartens: Über Chaos und Ordnung in der Landschaftsarchitektur", Editor: Professur Landschaftsarchitektur ETH Zürich, Publisher: Birkhäuser, Basel 2002.
By Leon Kiermeier, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2023 (PDF)
The book review of: "Growing Architecture: How to Design and Build with Trees", Authors: Ferdinand Ludwig, Daniel Schönle, Publisher: Birkhäuser, Basel 2023.
By Lele Liu, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2023 (PDF)
The book review of: "Landscapes of Modern Architecture", Authors: Marc Treib, Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven 2017.
By Megan Amaglio, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2023 (PDF)
The book review of: "Technical Lands: A Critical Primer", Editors: Jeffrey S. Nesbit, Charles Waldheim, Publisher: JOVIS Verlag GmbH 2023.
By Louis Blais, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2023 (PDF)
The book review of: "Drawing Climate: Visualising Invisible Elements of Architecture", Editors: Daniel J. Ryan, Jennifer Ferng, Erik G. L’Heureux, Publisher: Birkhäuser, Basel 2021.
By Dhyan Suthar, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2023 (PDF)
The book review of: "Grün. Günther Grzimek: Planung – Gestaltung – Programme", Editors: Frederick Steiner, Richard Weller, Karen M’Closkey, Billy Fleming, Publisher: Columbia University Press 2019.
By Sofia Christina Leith, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2023 (PDF)
The book review of: "Landscape Narratives: Design practices for telling stories", Authors: Matthew Potteiger, Jamie Purinton, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York 1998.
By Harmisha Kumbhani, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2023 (PDF)
The book review of: "Planung für Morgen: Zukunft Stadt und Raum", Editors: Friedbert Greif, Detlef Kurth, Bernd Scholl, Publisher: JOVIS, Berlin 2022.
By Jakob Autenrieth, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2023 (PDF)
The book review of: "Die Gärten des Bauhauses: Gestaltungskonzepte der Moderne", Author: Dorothea Fischer-Leonhardt, Publisher: JOVIS, Köthen 2005.
By Veronika Herrmann, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2023 (PDF)
The book review of: "Grün. Günther Grzimek: Planung – Gestaltung – Programme", Author: Regine Keller, Publisher: Hirmer, Munich 2021.
By Qiuyuan Chen, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2023 (PDF)
The book review of: "Urban Agricultural Heritage", Editors: Frank Lohrberg, Katharina Christenn, Ayça Sancar, Axel Timpe, Publisher: Birkhäuser, Basel 2023.
By Jingyi Xu, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2023 (PDF)
The book review of: "Deutschland 2050: Wie der Klimawandel unser Leben verändern wird", Authors: Nick Reimer, Toralf Staud, Publisher: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2021.
By Jie Wang, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2022 (PDF)
The book review of: "Ecological Thought in German Literature and Culture", Editors: Gabriele Dürbeck, Urte Stobbe, Hubert Zapf, Evi Zemanek, Publisher: Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland 2017.
By Tanjina Khaleque, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2022 (PDF)
The book review of: "Spatial Planning Matters! Inspiring Stories and Fundamental Topics", Editors: Ana Perić, Bernd Scholl, Rolf Signer, Publisher: vdf Hochschulverlag AG, Zürich 2018.
By Kun Yan, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2022 (PDF)
The book review of: "Die Stadt der Zukunft", Authors: Robert Kaltenbrunner, Peter Jakubowski, Publisher: Aufbau Verlag, Berlin 2018.
By Felix Engel, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2022 (PDF)
The book review of: "Porous City: From Metaphor to Urban Agenda", Editors: Sophie Wolfrum et al., Publisher: Birkhäuser, Basel 2018.
By Vanessa Baltes, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2022 (PDF)
The book review of: "Seeing Trees: A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin", Author: Sonja Dümpelmann, Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, Yale 2019.
By Lumi Kirk, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2022 (PDF)
The book review of: "Outdoor voices: The Pioneer Era of Norwegian Landscape Architecture", Author: Jenny B. Osuldsen, Publisher: Orpheus Publishing, Oslo 2019.
By Synne S. Nordby, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2022 (PDF)
The book review of: "Die fragmentierte Stadt", Authors: Jürgen Krusche et al., Publisher: jovis, Berlin 2021.
By Lynn Hennies (PDF)
The book review of: "Feminist City", Author: Leslie Kern, Publisher: Unrast, Münster 2020.
By Paula Erber, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2022 (PDF)
The book review of: "The Death and Life of Great American Cities", Author: Jane Jacobs, Publisher: Random House, New York 1961.
By Ruike Sun, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2022 (PDF)
The book review of: "Landscript 6: Landscape Analogue", Editors: Christophe Girot, Albert Kirchengast, Publisher: jovis, Berlin 2022.
By Linnéa Lundström, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2022 (PDF)
The book review of: "Is Landscape…? Essays on the Identity of Landscape", Editors: Dr. Gareth Doherty, Prof. Dr. Charles Waldheim, Publisher: Routledge, Abingdon 2015.
By Zijing Deng, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2021 (PDF)
The book review of: "Making Plans: How to engage with landscape, design, and the urban environment", Author: Frederick R. Steiner, Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin 2018.
By Esraa Elmashak, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2021 (PDF)
The book review of: "Landschaftsvertrag: Zur kritischen Rekonstruktion der Kulturlandschaft", Editor: Prof. Dr. Sören Schöbel-Rutschmann, Publisher: jovis, Berlin 2017.
By Immo Worreschk, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2021 (PDF)
The book review of: "Die neue Völkerwanderung: Arrival City", Author: Doug Saunders, Publisher: Pantheon, Munich 2013.
By Katharina von Unold, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2021 (PDF)
The book review of: "Research in Landscape Architecture. Methods and Methodology", Editors: Adri van den Brink, Diedrich Bruns, Hilde Tobi, Simon Bell, Publisher: Routledge, Abingdon 2016.
By Divya Pilla, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2021 (PDF)
The book review of: "Natur als Gestaltungsfrage: Zum Einfluß aktueller gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen auf die Idee von Natur und Landschaft als Gegenstand der Landschaftsarchitektur", Author: Wolfram Höfer, Publisher: utzverlag GmbH, Munich 2017.
By Daniel Wolfram, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2021 (PDF)
The book review of: "Sensitivität und Performanz: Geographie-Machen nach dem cultural turn", Author: Dana Strauß, Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2018.
By Katharina Dropmann, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2021 (PDF)
The book review of: "The Ideal City – Exploring Urban Futures", Editors: Robert Kanten, Elli Stuhler, SPACE10, Publisher: NINO Druck GmbH, Neustadt 2021.
By Lena Lämmle, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2021(PDF)
The book review of: "Stress and the City. Warum Städte uns krank machen. Und warum sie trotzdem gut für uns sind", Author: Mazda Adli, Publisher: C. Bertelsmann, Munich 2017.
By Lisa Hirschberger, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2021 (PDF)
The book review of: "Im Dazwischen. Materielle und soziale Räume des Übergangs", Editors: Isabella Augart, Sophia Kunze, Teresa Stumpf, Publisher: Reimer, Berlin 2020.
By Josefin Orlovsky, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2021 (PDF)
The book review of: "Unbestimmte Räume in Städten: Der Wert des Restraums", Author: Dorothee Rummel, Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing, Karlsruhe 2019.
By Aimee Neff, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer semester 2021 (PDF)
The book review of: "Vier Perspektiven Landschaftsarchitektonischen Denkens", Editor: Sebastian Feldhusen, Publisher: Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin, Berlin 2019.
By Susanne Kurfer, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer term 2020 (PDF 263 KB)
The book review of: "Collateral Values – The Natural Capital Created by Landscapes of War", Editors: Todd R. Lookingbill, Peter D. Smallwood, Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Berlin 2019.
By Wenjia Dai, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer term 2020 (PDF 263 KB)
The book review of: "The Landscape Imagination – Collected Essays of James Corner 1990 - 2010", Editors: James Corner, Alison Bick Hirsch, Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, New York 2014.
By Ke Sun, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer term 2020 (PDF 263 KB)
The book review of: "Das terrestrische Manifest", Author: Bruno Latour, Publisher: Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin 2018.
By Katharina Udod, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer term 2020 (PDF 263 KB)
The book review of: "Landscape As Urbanism – A General Theory", Author: Charles Waldheim, Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, Oxford, 2016.
By Xinyi Li, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer term 2020 (PDF 263 KB)
The book review of: "Die ambivalente Stadt – Gegenwart und Zukunft des öffentlichen Raums", Editor: Jürgen Krusche, Publisher: Jovis Verlag GmbH, Berlin 2017.
By Carina Brandl, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer term 2020 (PDF 263 KB)
The book review of: "traffic space = public space", Authors: Stefan Bendiks, Aglaée Degros, Publisher: Park Books, Zurich, 2020.
By Amelie Kessler, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer term 2020 (PDF 263 KB)
The book review of: "Down to Earth – Politics in the New Climate Regime", Author: Bruno Latour, translated by Catherine Porter, Publisher: Polity, Cambridge, 2018.
By Fan Wen, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer term 2020 (PDF 263 KB)
Die Rezension von Alexandra Grama (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2020) zu dem Buch: "Limits – Space as resource", Herausgeber*innen/ Autor*innen: Vanessa Miriam Carlow, Verlag: Jovis, Berlin 2016 (PDF 263 KB)
The book review of: "Welcome to Your World – How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives", Author: Sarah Williams Goldhagen, Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 2017.
By Cai Yuqing, Master studies in Landscape Architecture, summer term 2020 (PDF 263 KB)
Die Rezension von Clara Veith (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2019) zu dem Buch: "Nachhaltige Stadtplanung: Lebendige Quartiere – Smart Cities – Resilienz", Herausgeber: Helmut Bott, Gregor Grassl, Stephan Anders, Verlag: DETAIL Business Information GmbH, München 2018 (PDF 164 KB)
Die Rezension von Rafael Stutz (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2019) zu dem Buch: "Make City – Stadt anders machen", Autorin: Francesca Ferguson, Verlag: Jovis, Berlin 2019 (PDF 204 KB)
Die Rezension von Vera Donata Wesinger (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2019) zu dem Buch: "Mensch und Landschaftsarchitektur" , Autoren: Juliane Feldhusen, Sebastian Feldhusen, Verlag: jovis Verlag GmbH, Berlin 2019 (PDF 117 KB)
Die Rezension von Britta Bunz (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2019) zu dem Buch: "Die Stadt als Architektur" , Herausgeber und Autoren: Sophie Wolfrum, Alban Janson, Verlag: Birkhäuser, Basel; 2019 (PDF 179 KB)
Die Rezension von Christopher King (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2019) zu dem Buch: "Green Gentrification – Urban Sustainability and the Struggle for Environmental Justice" , Autoren: Kenneth A. Gould, Tammy L. Lewis, Verlag: Routledge, New York 2017 (PDF 406 KB)
Die Rezension von Julia Treichel (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2019) zu dem Buch:
"Raumreiz - Zur Wirkungsweise architektonischer Räume" , Autorin: Anna Kirstgen, Verlag: Jovis Verlag GmbH, Berlin 2019 (PDF 102 KB)
Die Rezension von Maximilian Kalinke (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2018) zu dem Buch:
"Landschaft, Identität und Gesundheit - Zum Konzept der Therapeutischen Landschaften " , Hrsg.: Dr. Ulrich Gebhardt, Dr. Thomas Kistemann Verlag: Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2016 (PDF 126 KB)
Die Rezension von Sarah Tagsold (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2018) zu dem Buch:
"draußen - Landschaftsarchitektur auf globalem Terrain" , Hrsg.: Andres Leipik, Autoren u. a.: John Beardsley, Undine Giseke, Regine Keller, Andres Lepik, Jürgen Renn, Jörg Rekittke, Antje Stokman, Christian Werthmann; Verlag: Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin 2017 (PDF 232 KB)
Die Rezension von Gero Engeser (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2018) zu dem Buch:
"Ecological Urbanism" , Hrsg.: Mohsen Mostafavi & Gareth Doherty, Mitherausgeber: Havard Graduate School of Design, Verlag: Lars Müller Publishers, Zürich 1. Auflage 2010, Revised Edition 2016 (PDF 169 KB)
Die Rezension von Xiaozhen Li (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2018) zu dem Buch:
"The Language of Landscape" , Autor: Anne Withon Spirn, Verlag: Yale University Press, London 1998 (PDF 172 KB)
Die Rezension von Beatrice Leitner (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2017) zu dem Buch:
"Geheimprojekt Hafencity oder Wie erfindet man einen neuen Stadtteil?" , Autor: Gert Kähler, Hrsg.: Volkwin Marg, Verlag: Dölling und Galitz Verlag, München Hamburg 2016 (PDF 201 KB)
Die Rezension von Anna Ranzinger (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2017) zu dem Buch:
"Landschaftsarchitektur Gestern und Heute - Eine Kulturgeschichte" , Autor: Christoph Girot, Verlag: DETAIL Business Information GmbH, München 2016 (PDF 183 KB)
Die Rezension von Vroni Hartl (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2017) zu dem Buch:
"Urbane Transformationslandschaften" , Hrsg.: Internationales Doktorandenkolleg Forschungslabor Raum, Verlag: Jovis Berlin 2016 (PDF 210 KB)
Die Rezension von Sarah Herrmann (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2016) zu dem Buch:
"Atmosphären Entwerfen" , Hrsg.: Jürgen Weidinger, Verlag: Technische Universität Berlin 2014 (PDF 143 KB)
Die Rezension von Julian Ulrich (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2016) zu dem Buch:
"Mind the Park - Planungsräume//Nutzerschichten//Kunstvorfälle" , Hrsg.:Thomas Kaestle, Verlag: Frühwerk Verlag, Oldenburg 2009 (PDF 184 KB)
Die Rezension von Christoph Helfrich (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2016) zu dem Buch:
"Die Quantenversion der Gestaltung. Zeitlose Gestaltung als Überstragung der Unschärferelation am Beispiel der Landschaftsarchitektur" , Autorin:Anita Biedermann, Verlag: Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2016 (PDF 131 KB)
Die Rezension von Fanny Brandauer (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2016) zu dem Buch:
"Palladio, die Villa und die Landschaft" , Autoren:Gerrit Smienk, Johannes Niemeijer, Verlag: Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2012 (PDF 149 KB)
Die Rezension von Freya Zörntlein (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2016) zu dem Buch:
"Second Hand Spaces" , Hrsg.:Michael Ziehl, Sarah Oßwald, Oliver Hasemann, Daniel Schnier, Verlag: jovis Verlag, Berlin 2013 (PDF 102 KB)
Die Rezension von Jonathan Stimpfle (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2016) zu dem "Städte für Menschen" , Autor:Jan Gehl, Verlag: jovis Verlag, Berlin 2015 (PDF 139 KB)
Die Rezension von Stefan Schießl (Masterstudium Landschaftsarchitektur SS 2016) zu dem Buch:
"StadtGrün" Hrsg.:Almut Jirku, Verlag: Frauenhofer IRB, Stuttgart 2013 (PDF 205 KB)