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LA+ Beauty

Issue 18

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Drawing from diverse disciplines including philosophy, history, cultural criticism, visceral geography, urban studies, gender studies, and racial aesthetics, the 18th Issue of ‘LA+’ explores the elusive and enigmatic theme BEAUTY in relation to landscape architecture and the constructed environment…
 
ISBN: 978-1-957183-70-1
Size: 8.75″ x 10.5″ portrait
Binding: Softbound
Pages: 116pp
Publication Date: Fall 2023
World Rights: Available
 
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“Rather than arrive at any one singular definition of beauty, within its pages, contributors challenge readers with alternative views through deep and critical reflection.”

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Drawing from diverse disciplines including philosophy, history, cultural criticism, visceral geography, urban studies, gender studies, and racial aesthetics, the 18th Issue of ‘LA+’ explores the elusive and enigmatic theme BEAUTY in relation to landscape architecture and the constructed environment. Rather than arrive at any one singular definition of beauty, within its pages, contributors challenge readers with alternative views through deep and critical reflection. What is a “beautiful” landscape today? Is there such a thing as “natural beauty”? Why do humans across the cultural spectrum concern themselves so much with the beautification of themselves, their objects, and their surroundings? Is beautification benevolent or nefarious? Is there value—economic or otherwise—in beauty, and whose interests do ideals of beauty serve? In the end, why does beauty matter at all?

‘LA+ BEAUTY’ is guest-edited by Colin Curley, a New York-based landscape architect and architect whose work navigates the complex environmental and sociopolitcal dimensions of disturbed, contaminated industrial landscapes, and seeks to expand the range of their aesthetic and experiential potential.

Authors

Edited by Tatum L. Hands and Richard J. Weller

All contributors:
Mariagrazia Portera
Luke Morgan
Elizabeth Meyer
Colin Curley
Jeffrey Blankenship
Jessica Hayes-Conroy
Gretchen Ernster Henderson
Sarem Sunderland
Dan van der Horst
Saskia Vermeylen
Winifred Curran
Michelle Stuhlmacher
Elsa Anderson
Brandi Thompson Summers
Libby Viera-Bland
Sanda Iliescu
Adrian Bejan
Vincent Baptist
Nicholas Holm

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ISBN: 978-1-957183-70-1
Size: 8.75″ x 10.5″ portrait
Binding: Softbound
Pages: 116pp
Publication Date: Fall 2023
World Rights: Available

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LA+ Beauty

“Rather than arrive at any one singular definition of beauty, within its pages, contributors challenge readers with alternative views through deep and critical reflection.”

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