Books
The Granite
Garden: Urban Nature and Human Design. New York: Basic Books, 1984
(published in Japanese, 1996). O Jardim de Granito: A Natureza no
Desenho da Cidade. Sao Paulo: Universidade de Sao Paulo, 1995.
The Language
of Landscape (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998)
One with Nature,
artist's book, limited edition, 2001.
C.Th. Sørensen:
Garden Artist, by Sven-Ingvar Andersson and Steen Høyer.
Copenhagen: Arkitektens Forlag, 2001. Translator.
Chapters in Books
“Better
Air Quality at Street Level: Strategies for Urban Design.”
Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design, edited by Donald Watson,
Alan Plattus, and Robert Shibley. McGraw-Hill, 2003.
“Urban
Ecosystems and Urban Planning.” Understanding Urban Ecosystems:
A New Frontier for Science and Education, edited by Alan Berkowitz.
New York: Springer-Verlag, 2002.
“One with
Nature: On Landscape, Language, Empathy, and Imagination,”
International Cosmos Prize 2001 (Osaka, Japan: Expo 90 Foundation,
2002). In English and Japanese.
"The Authority
of Nature: Conflict and Confusion in Landscape Architecture and
Ecology.” Ecology and Design: Frameworks for Learning, edited
by Kristina Hill and Bart Johnson. Washington, DC: Island Press,
2001.
"Ian McHarg,
Landscape Architecture, and Environmentalism: Ideas and Methods
in Context.” Environmentalism and Landscape Architecture,
edited by Michel Conan. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 2000.
“Rebuilding
Urban Communities and Restoring Natural Environments.” Planning
for the New Century, edited by Jonathon Barnett. Washington, DC:
Island Press, 2001.
“Reclaiming
Common Ground: Water, Neighborhoods, and Public Spaces.” The
American Planning Tradition: Culture and Policy, edited by Robert
Fishman. Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD: Woodrow Wilson Press
and Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
“Carl
Theodore Sorensen.” Scandinavia: Luoghi, figure, gesti di
una civiltà del paesaggio, edited by Domenico Luciani and
Luigi Latini. Treviso: Edizioni Fondazioni Benetton Studi Recherche,1998.
In Italian.
“The Authority
of Nature: Conflict and Confusion in Landscape Architecture."
Nature and Ideology, edited by Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn. Washington,
DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 1997.
“Frank
Lloyd Wright: Architect of Landscape.” Frank Lloyd Wright:
Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932, edited by David De
Long. New York: Abrams, 1996. Awarded the International Architecture
Book Award by the American Institute of Architects.
“Constructing
Nature: The Legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted.” In Uncommon
Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature, edited by William
Cronon. New York: W.W. Norton, 1995.
"Urban
Nature and Human Design: Renewing the Great Tradition.” Classic
Readings in Urban Planning, edited by Jay M. Stein. New York: McGraw-Hill,
1995.
"Economic,
Social, and Environmental Problems of Cities: The Impact and Next
Steps.” Cities for the 21st Century. Paris: Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development, 1994.
"Texts,
Landscapes, and Life.” Sven-Ingvar Andersson, edited by Steen
Høyer. Copenhagen: Arkitektens Forlag, 1994.
“Introduction.”
C.Th. Sørensen: Havekunstner, by Sven-Ingvar Andersson and
Steen Høyer. Copenhagen: Arkitektens Forlag, 1993.
"Deep Structure:
On Process, Form, and Design in the Urban Landscape.” City
and Nature. Odense, DK: Odense University Press, 1993.
"Better
Air Quality at Street Level: Strategies for Urban Design.”
Public Streets for Public Use. Edited by Anne Vernez Moudon. Revised
edition. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991.
“Urban
Parks.” American Landscape Architecture: Designers and Places,
edited by William H. Tishler. Washington, DC: The Preservation Press,
1988.
“Anne
Whiston Spirn.” The Harvard Guide to Influential Books: Eminent
Harvard Professors Discuss the Books That Have Shaped Their Thinking,
edited by C. Maury Devine, et al. New York: Harper and Row, 1986.
Articles
"The City as
a Garden: Urban Nature and Human Design,” Illume (Summer 2002).
In Japanese.
"Frank
Lloyd Wright: Architect of Landscape, Part I,” Frank Lloyd
Wright Quarterly 11:3 (Summer 2000), 3-25 (entire issue).
"Frank
Lloyd Wright: Architect of Landscape Part II,” Frank Lloyd
Wright Quarterly 11:3 (Fall 2000), 4-25 (entire issue).
"Te taal van
het landschap,” Blauwe Kamer (June 1998), 28-40. Prologue
and Chapter One from The Language of Landscape. In Dutch.
"Deep Structure:
Über Entwicklung, Form und Gestaltung in der Stadtlandschaft,"
Praxis Geschichte 11:4 (July 1997): 52-55.
"Reclaiming
Territory: Four Books on Landscape." Progressive Architecture
(February 1993).
"Designing
with the Land." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 27:1
(January-February 1992):35-38.
"Seeing/Making
the Landscape Whole." Progressive Architecture (August 1991).
"Architecture
and Landscape: Toward a Unified Vision." Landscape Architecture
(August 1990).
"From Uluru
to Cooper's Place: Patterns in the Cultural Landscape." Orion
(Spring 1990).
"The Poetics
of City and Nature." Places 6:1 (Fall 1989): 82-93.
"Prospect."
Landscape Architecture (September 1989).
"The Poetics
of City and Nature: Toward a New Aesthetic For Urban Design."
Landscape Journal (Fall 1988).
"Landscape
Planning and the City." Landscape and Urban Planning 13 (1986):
433 441.
"Urban
Nature and Human Design: Renewing the Great Tradition." Journal
of Planning Education and Research (Fall 1985).
"Designing
for Pedestrian level Winds: The Integration of Wind Engineering
Technology and Urban Design." CELA Proceedings. Guelph, Canada:
University of Guelph, School of Landscape Architecture, 1984.
"Composition
urbaine et forces naturelles." Metropolis 66 (1985): 56 60.
"Design
for Survival." Arnoldia 44:4 (Fall 1984): 29-36.
"Using
Vegetation to Cool Small Structures." Proceedings of the 1981
Annual Meeting, American Section of the International Solar Energy
Society: 906 910.
"The Role
of Natural Processes in the Design of Cities." The Annals of
the American Academy of Political and Social Science 451 (September
1980): 98 105.
Monographs
The West Philadelphia
Digital Database: An Atlas and Guide. Graduate School of Fine Arts,
University of Pennsylvania, l996, with Robert Cheetham.
The West Philadelphia
Landscape Plan: A Framework for Action. Graduate School of Fine
Arts, University of Pennsylvania, l991.
Models of Success:
Landscape Improvement and Community Development. A Publication of
the West Philadelphia Landscape Plan. Graduate School of Fine Arts,
University of Pennsylvania, l991, with Daniel Marcucci.
Shaping the
Block. A Publication of the West Philadelphia Landscape Plan. Graduate
School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, l991, with Mark
Campbell and Michele Pollio.
Vacant Land:
A Resource for Reshaping Urban Neighborhoods. A Publication of the
West Philadelphia Landscape Plan. Graduate School of Fine Arts,
University of Pennsylvania, l991, with Michele Pollio.
"This Garden
is a Town". A Publication of the West Philadelphia Landscape
Plan. Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania,
l990, with Michele Pollio.
Nature, Form,
and Meaning: Special Issue of Landscape Journal. Editor, 1988. Awarded
the Ozzie Award for Excellence in Design.
Managing Lasting
Improvements to Public Open Space, co author with Arnold Howitt
and Elisabeth Lardner. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Center for State
and Local Government, Harvard University, 1987.
Air Quality
at Street Level: Strategies for Urban Design. Prepared for Boston
Redevelopment Authority. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Graduate
School of Design, 1986.
Plants for Passive
Cooling, co-author with Adele Naude Santos. Cambridge, Massachusetts:
Harvard Graduate School of Design, 1981.
Environmental
Resources of the Toronto Central Waterfront, co-author with Narendra
Juneja. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Wallace McHarg Roberts &
Todd, 1976.
Pardisan: An
Environmental Park, co-author with Ian McHarg, Narendra Juneja,
and W. Robinson Fisher. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Wallace McHarg
Roberts & Todd, 1975.
Woodlands New
Community: Guidelines for Site Planning. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
Wallace McHarg Roberts & Todd, 1973.
Digital Publications
“You Just
Don't Leave Family,” digital story about the West Philadelphia
Landscape Project, 2002.
Interviews
“Tensions
of Change: A Conversation with Anne Whiston Spirn,” by Laura
Muthler White. July 2003.
"Urban
Nature and City Design: Anne Whiston Spirn Talks with Kazuhiko Takeuchi,"
Science Journal Kagaku 72:5 (May 2002), 518-529. In Japanese.
"Building
the Urban Landscape: Anne Whiston Spirn Talks with Hubert Murray,"
Architecture Boston, Fall 2001, 43 47.
Michigan Public
Radio, "The Language of Landscape and the West Philadelphia Landscape
Project," Todd Mundt Show, July 2000.
Public Radio
International, "The Language of Landscape," Dialogue,
December 1999.
National Public
Radio, "Buried Rivers," Radio Times," August 1999.
"Landscape
Literacy and the Empowerment of Inner-City Youth: The West Philadelphia
Landscape Project," Free Associations, June 1999 on WHPK (University
of Chicago) and WZRD (Northeastern Illinois University).
Wisconsin Public
Radio, "The West Philadelphia Landscape Project and the Language
of Landscape," To the Best of Our Knowledge, January 1999.
Michigan Public
Radio, "The West Philadelphia Landscape Project," March 1998.
Wisconsin Public
Radio, "Constructing Nature: The Legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted,"
To the Best of Our Knowledge, May 1997.
Public Radio
International, "The Granite Garden," Dialogue, January
16, 1995.
National Public
Radio, "The West Philadelphia Landscape Plan," Living
on Earth, 1993.
Selected Reviews of Works
Benjamin McCloskey,
“Mill Creek: West Philadelphia Students Uncover the Life of
Their Urban Watershed,” New Village: Building Sustainable
Cultures 3 (2002): 24-25.
Osaka-Jin (February
2002): 66-67. In Japanese.
Paul Bennett,
"Landscape Organism: The West Philadelphia Landscape Project,"
Landscape Architecture (March 2000): 66 71, 82.
Keiko Takayama,
"The West Philadelphia Landscape Project," Bio-City 17 (November
1999): 57-67. In Japanese.
Paul Bennett,
"The Language of Landscape," Landscape Architecture (May 1999).
Campbell, Glenn,
"Learning Gets Real With Service." Philadelphia Daily
News, May 7, 1998.
Knack, Ruth.
"Dig These Gardens." Planning 60:7 (July 1994): 20-24.
Hine, Thomas.
"Surroundings: A Long-Buried Creek in West Philadelphia."
Philadelphia Sunday Inquirer. November 15, 1992.
Thompson, William.
"A Natural Legacy: Ian McHarg and His Followers." Planning
(Nov.1991).
Raver, Anne.
"The New Crop." The New York Times Magazine: Home Design.
Oct.13, 1991.
Curwood, Steve.
"Profile: Shaping the City to Nature's Laws." Boston Globe,
May 26, 1985.
Francis, Mark.
"The Granite Garden." J. of Arch. and Planning Research
(1985).
Rainey, Reuben.
"The Granite Garden." Design Book Review 6 (Winter 1985).
Lang, Jon. "The
Granite Garden: Urban Nature and Human Design." Journal of
Planning Education and Research 5 (Autumn 1985).
Saunders, Ralph
A. "The Granite Garden: Urban Nature and Human Design."
Annals of the Association of American Geographers 75 (March 1985).
Odum, Eugene.
"The Granite Garden: Urban Nature and Human Design." Landscape
Journal 3 (Fall 1984).
ASLA Awards
Panel. Landscape Architecture 74:5 (1984).
Powledge, Fred.
"The Greening of American Cities." Washington Post Book
World. April 1, 1984.
Kaplan, Sam
Hall. "A Plan for Peaceful Urban Coexistence." Los Angeles
Times Book Review, February 25, 1984.
Bender, Richard.
"Making the Metropolis Green." New York Times Book Review,
January 22, 1984.
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