The Alchemy of Landscape Architecture

• A superbly illustrated survey of one of the foremost landscape design companies in the world today.
• Hargreaves are creators of the London 2012 Olympic Park, which aims to combine centuries of British park design with ground-breaking green technology.

Hargreaves Associates has been at the forefront of landscape architectural practice since its founding in 1983. This stunning book presents projects from throughout the firm’s history, showing the development of its work from the early days to its current direction advancing the reoccupation of industrial sites, reclaiming waterfronts and creating new visions for public space.
Whether reductive or rich, highly programmed or passive, culturally interpretive or teeming with the phenomena of nature’s own systems, the built landscapes of Hargreaves Associates seek the power of connection to our day-to-day lives.
George Hargreaves has had over 30 years’ experience designing highly successful landscape architecture projects. He was formerly a professor and chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. His work has been published internationally and has won numerous design awards.