America's parks-and their architectural companion, the log cabin-hold a powerful grip on our imagination. Harkening back to a simpler time, these rustic structures serve as a reminder of America's frontier spirit, and serve as a popular source of inspiration for contemporary architecture, in everything from simple vacation homes to the mansion "lodges" favored by today's wealth...(展开全部)

The discipline of landscape architecture encompasses many typologies, from domestic gardens and neighborhood playgrounds to urban desig ns and state parks. Most critical studies of the discipline tend to approach it from a historical or contemporary perspective organized around criteria such as built versus unbuilt, urban versus peripheral, or competition-sponsored versus commi...(展开全部)

The discipline of landscape architecture encompasses many typologies, from domestic gardens and neighborhood playgrounds to urban desig ns and state parks. Most critical studies of the discipline tend to approach it from a historical or contemporary perspective organized around criteria such as built versus unbuilt, urban versus peripheral, or competition-sponsored versus commi...(展开全部)

威廉•H. 怀特（William H. Whyte，1917—1999）。《财富》杂志编辑，美国关于城市、人与开放空间领域最有影响力的评论家。通过他的著作，特别是《有组织的人》《最后的景观》和《小城市空间的社会生活》，威廉•怀特教育了一代城市规划者和设计师，应该把城市看作是人的居住地，而不是简单地作为经济机器、交通节点或巨大的建筑展示平台。

Named by Newsweek magazine to its list of "Fifty Books for Our Time." For sixteen years William Whyte walked the streets of New York and other major cities. With a group of young observers, camera and notebook in hand, he conducted pioneering studies of street life, pedestrian behavior, and city dynamics. City: Rediscovering the Center is the result of that research, a humane,...(展开全部)

爱德华·希尔斯（Edward Shils，1910—1995），美国著名社会学家，芝加哥大学教授，社会思想委员会创始人之一，曾获巴尔赞奖，并获国家人文科学委员会挑选发表杰斐逊讲座。以研究知识分子的角色及其与权力和公共政策的关系著称，代表作有《论传统》、《知识分子与当权者》、《中心与边缘》、《社会的构建》等。

爱德华·希尔斯（Edward Shils，1910—1995），美国著名社会学家，芝加哥大学教授，社会思想委员会创始人之一，曾获巴尔赞奖，并获国家人文科学委员会挑选发表杰斐逊讲座。以研究知识分子的角色及其与权力和公共政策的关系著称，代表作有《论传统》、《知识分子与当权者》、《中心与边缘》、《社会的构建》等。