Sasaki Associates

The work of one of the world's largest landscape architecture firms has transformed cities and established landmark sites, as documented in this exclusive monograph.Urban planners, architects, and landscape architects -- professionals and students alike -- will be grateful to find a reference to so many of the most important city landscapes created in this century in one volume. Famous work of Sasaki Associates, the international landscape and planning firm founded by Hideo Sasaki in 1953, includes such landmarks as the John Deere headquarters in Moline, Illinois, the redevelopment of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., and Boston's waterfront park. Two cities transformed by Sasaki's projects are also featured: Cleveland, Ohio, and Charleston, South Carolina. The Sasaki work profiled here is of broad scope. Included are: -- challenging metropolitan sites in the United States-- unusual urban spaces in other parts of the world-- sprawling university campuses-- integrated urban waterfronts-- extensive photographs, plans and drawings.