Anne Whiston Spirn The Granite Garden. Anne whiston spirn is a visionary of the first order whose innovative work on the ground has transformed and enhanced the quality of life in low income urban neighborhoods in deep and lasting ways. Free shipping on qualifying offers. About anne whiston spirn.
In the granite garden spirn launched a revolution in thinking about the relationship between nature the urban environment and we who inhabit these realms the kind of thinking that today underlies landscape urbanism ecological urbanism sustainable urbanism anne was the first to understand and articulate these concepts to a broad audience. Anne whiston spirn is professor and chairman department of landscape architecture and regional planning university of pennsylvania.
Urban nature and human design.
Anne whiston spirn fasla is a professor of landscape architecture and urban planning at mit. She is also the author of the granite garden 1984 asla president s award of excellence the language of landscape 1988 and daring to look. Anne whiston spirn is the cecil and ida green distinguished professor of landscape architecture and planning at mit. Urban nature and human design 1984 as one of the 100 most important books of the 20th century and credited it with launching the ecological urbanism movement.
