Living in the Landscape: Toward an Aesthetics of Environment

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Summary: Very scholarly, readable, and pleasing.
Review: Whenever I take a short vacation I take this book with me. It is always a pleasure to read a piece of it--like biting a piece from a candy bar. The author is a major scholar in the field of aesthetics of environment, so the credibility of the author is an established fact. The book contains a rich stream of ideas about aesthetics, environment, landscape, architecture, nature, and alike. Also in the book, the continuity and unity of human and built environments and nature are overarching principles; the engagement of body with environment is seen as essential; and architectural entities, landscape, and environment are all extensions of eachother. It is a delightful book for landscape, architecture, and environment folks as well as anybody who likes to read in these fields.