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Book Reviews The Struggle Jor Modernism: Architecture, Landscape these modernisms without losing sight of the active which existed within the school of engineering. The Architecture and City Planning at Harvard engagement of the other faculty members and the larger two departrnents included specialised courses; however, Anthony AlofSin design communities. The book concludes with a the core of the education was collaborative, focusing on W. W. Norton, 2002 discussion of the last forty years and a critique of the efforts to 'create a philosophy of modem design' (P.29). 320 pp., 250 b&w, 20 colour illus. $60.00 (hb) myths that have shaped our understanding of Harvard The programmes sought to provide the knowledge and and the modernist programme. The juxtaposition of IS~N 0393730484 training for a professional office practice, while simulta­ student work and pedagogical intent provides a dynamic neously emphasising the importance of a broad human­ framework for understanding not only modernism, but Harvard's Graduate School ofDesign (GSD) needs little istic education. This continued to be true as they merged also the history and issues of design pedagogy as introduction into the canons of modem architecture, under the Division of Fine Arts in the new Graduate practiced, envisioned and described. The complex http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes Taylor & Francis

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Taylor & Francis
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1943-2186
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1460-1176
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10.1080/14601176.2006.10435471
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The Struggle Jor Modernism: Architecture, Landscape these modernisms without losing sight of the active which existed within the school of engineering. The Architecture and City Planning at Harvard engagement of the other faculty members and the larger two departrnents included specialised courses; however, Anthony AlofSin design communities. The book concludes with a the core of the education was collaborative, focusing on W. W. Norton, 2002 discussion of the last forty years and a critique of the efforts to 'create a philosophy of modem design' (P.29). 320 pp., 250 b&w, 20 colour illus. $60.00 (hb) myths that have shaped our understanding of Harvard The programmes sought to provide the knowledge and and the modernist programme. The juxtaposition of IS~N 0393730484 training for a professional office practice, while simulta­ student work and pedagogical intent provides a dynamic neously emphasising the importance of a broad human­ framework for understanding not only modernism, but Harvard's Graduate School ofDesign (GSD) needs little istic education. This continued to be true as they merged also the history and issues of design pedagogy as introduction into the canons of modem architecture, under the Division of Fine Arts in the new Graduate practiced, envisioned and described. The complex

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