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Architects Journal
This is the first in a new venture from Princeton Architectural Press entitled “Landscape Views”-an inexpensive paperback approximately A5 in format, with adequate black-and-white photographs and a couple of essays. Richard Haag’s two designs in the environs of Seattle-the Gas Works Park (1971-84)-have been highly acclaimed, and both would justify the more lavish treatment of a landscape equivalent to Phaidon’s Architecture in Detail’ series or Axel Meges’ Opus monographs. When seminal schemes appear in relatively lacklustre form, it reinforces an impression that landscape architecture is subsidiary to architecture itself. Future subjects of ‘Landscape Views’ volumes include Dan Kiley, Thomas Church and Roberto Burle Marx.

Book Description
The work of landscape architect Richard Haag is thoroughly grounded in the landscape of the Pacific Northwest, yet it has won international recognition for its universally appreciated artistic ?subtlety. His two designs for the Seattle area, Bloedel Reserve and Gasworks Park, are among the most celebrated modern American landscape projects. This is the first book to explore these works in detail, both in terms of Haag’s design process and of the impact of these projects on other architects.??The included essays discuss such themes as aspects of the sublime in Haag’s work, the relation between Bloedel Reserve and Eastern philosophy and mysticism, and how Haag has been a mentor to other designers. Extensive black-and-white photographs of Bloedel Reserve and Gasworks Park are included, as are images of other Haag works, a complete chronology of Haag’s landscape projects, and a bibliography of writings by and about Haag. Contributors include Elizabeth Meyer, associate professor and chair of landscape architecture at the University of Virginia; Patrick Condon, professor of landscape architecture at the University of British Columbia; Gary Hilderbrand, associate professor of landscape architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design; and Grant and Ilze Jones, principals of Jones & Jones Architects in Seattle.?