Author:
Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Both a landscape designer and a public artist, Ken Smith produces designs that range in scale from small public installations to vast parks. He is known for inventive and imaginative gardens and landscapes, some of which use little or no natural plant material. His projects include public, commercial, and private work: urban parks, streetscapes, plazas, gardens, public art commissions, memorials, museums and institutions, urban development and multiuse projects, restoration of modern-era landscapes, waterfront planning and design, and residential projects. Among Smith’s best-known projects are the MoMA Roof Garden, consisting of white gravel, recycled black rubber, crushed glass, sculptural stones, and artificial boxwood plants in a camouflage pattern; the Elevated Acre, a one-acre urban plaza with a sloping topography of planted dunes and an elevated view of New York Harbor; and Orange County Great Park, California, a redevelopment of a Marine Corps air station to include a 2.5-mile canyon, 20-acre lake, cultural terrace, botanical gardens, great lawn, performing arts venue, veterans memorial, aircraft museum, sports park, nature preserve, and wildlife corridor.
Ken Smith
Author:
Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Both a landscape designer and a public artist, Ken Smith produces designs that range in scale from small public installations to vast parks. He is known for inventive and imaginative gardens and landscapes, some of which use little or no natural plant material. His projects include public, commercial, and private work: urban parks, streetscapes, plazas, gardens, public art commissions, memorials, museums and institutions, urban development and multiuse projects, restoration of modern-era landscapes, waterfront planning and design, and residential projects. Among Smith’s best-known projects are the MoMA Roof Garden, consisting of white gravel, recycled black rubber, crushed glass, sculptural stones, and artificial boxwood plants in a camouflage pattern; the Elevated Acre, a one-acre urban plaza with a sloping topography of planted dunes and an elevated view of New York Harbor; and Orange County Great Park, California, a redevelopment of a Marine Corps air station to include a 2.5-mile canyon, 20-acre lake, cultural terrace, botanical gardens, great lawn, performing arts venue, veterans memorial, aircraft museum, sports park, nature preserve, and wildlife corridor.
Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Both a landscape designer and a public artist, Ken Smith produces designs that range in scale from small public installations to vast parks. He is known for inventive and imaginative gardens and landscapes, some of which use little or no natural plant material. His projects include public, commercial, and private work: urban parks, streetscapes, plazas, gardens, public art commissions, memorials, museums and institutions, urban development and multiuse projects, restoration of modern-era landscapes, waterfront planning and design, and residential projects. Among Smith’s best-known projects are the MoMA Roof Garden, consisting of white gravel, recycled black rubber, crushed glass, sculptural stones, and artificial boxwood plants in a camouflage pattern; the Elevated Acre, a one-acre urban plaza with a sloping topography of planted dunes and an elevated view of New York Harbor; and Orange County Great Park, California, a redevelopment of a Marine Corps air station to include a 2.5-mile canyon, 20-acre lake, cultural terrace, botanical gardens, great lawn, performing arts venue, veterans memorial, aircraft museum, sports park, nature preserve, and wildlife corridor.
Ken's Guide to the Bible
Author: Ken Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780922233175
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An insider's guide to the Bible with a focus on sex, gore and lunacy.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780922233175
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An insider's guide to the Bible with a focus on sex, gore and lunacy.
Junk English
Author: Ken Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780922233236
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Language atrocities infest modern-day English. To survey the damage, the author has subjected himself to a barrage of mindless jargon, euphemisms, and weasel words, cataloging for inspection and ridicule monstrosities such as "impactful" and "smartize," empty rhetoric such as "quality of life" and "revolutionary in nature," and broad swaths of modern-day grammatical humbug such as Artificial Vocabulary, Parasitic Intensifiers, Useless Cabooses, and Hyphen-Monsters.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780922233236
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Language atrocities infest modern-day English. To survey the damage, the author has subjected himself to a barrage of mindless jargon, euphemisms, and weasel words, cataloging for inspection and ridicule monstrosities such as "impactful" and "smartize," empty rhetoric such as "quality of life" and "revolutionary in nature," and broad swaths of modern-day grammatical humbug such as Artificial Vocabulary, Parasitic Intensifiers, Useless Cabooses, and Hyphen-Monsters.
Buffalo River Handbook
Author: Kenneth L. Smith
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 9780912456232
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Ken Smith's life-long accumulation of knowledge about the Buffalo River country, including complete trail and river guides and a fascinating sourcebook for geology and history of the Buffalo river area. All in a compact size, with more than 170 photos, maps, and diagrams. Coordinated with National Geographic Maps, Trails Illustrated. Ken Smith is the author-photographer of The Buffalo River Country, the Ozark Society Foundation classic now in its ninth printing.
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 9780912456232
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Ken Smith's life-long accumulation of knowledge about the Buffalo River country, including complete trail and river guides and a fascinating sourcebook for geology and history of the Buffalo river area. All in a compact size, with more than 170 photos, maps, and diagrams. Coordinated with National Geographic Maps, Trails Illustrated. Ken Smith is the author-photographer of The Buffalo River Country, the Ozark Society Foundation classic now in its ninth printing.
Hodaka Motorcycles Collector's Edition: The Complete to Guide to America's Favorite Trail Bike
Author: Ken Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937747374
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hodaka motorcycles were some of the most creatively marketed and designed motorcycles in America. The bike of choice for the hip young racer, the street-savvy urbanite, or the 14-year-old boy's favorite poster, these machines had colorful logos, creative advertising and terrific names. The Combat Wombat, Road Toad, Dirt Squirt and the fantastic Super Rat are just a few of the models produced by Hodaka. More than 15 years in the making, this exhaustively-researched tome contains all the details about the machines as well as a treasure trove of photographs, advertisements, and graphics. Written by Ken Smith, the editor of VMX Magazine, and created with the help of Paul Stannard of Strictly Hodaka and many of the people who designed and sold Hodakas back in the day, this book is a captivating, colorful look at one of the wildest, most popular motorcycles of the 1960s and 1970s.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937747374
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hodaka motorcycles were some of the most creatively marketed and designed motorcycles in America. The bike of choice for the hip young racer, the street-savvy urbanite, or the 14-year-old boy's favorite poster, these machines had colorful logos, creative advertising and terrific names. The Combat Wombat, Road Toad, Dirt Squirt and the fantastic Super Rat are just a few of the models produced by Hodaka. More than 15 years in the making, this exhaustively-researched tome contains all the details about the machines as well as a treasure trove of photographs, advertisements, and graphics. Written by Ken Smith, the editor of VMX Magazine, and created with the help of Paul Stannard of Strictly Hodaka and many of the people who designed and sold Hodakas back in the day, this book is a captivating, colorful look at one of the wildest, most popular motorcycles of the 1960s and 1970s.
The Bass Book
Author: Tony Bacon
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879303686
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
A complete illustrated history of bass guitars.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879303686
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
A complete illustrated history of bass guitars.
Collected Poems
Author: Ken Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781780374338
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781780374338
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Learning to Be a Family
Author: Ken Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780934688161
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780934688161
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Turbinia
Author: Ken Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781857951394
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781857951394
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Raw Deal
Author: Ken Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780922233205
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The book "profiles twenty-two of the greatest Great Victims of all time, all Americans who suffered wretched fates. Most are unknown, nearly all were positive thinkers, none survived."--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780922233205
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The book "profiles twenty-two of the greatest Great Victims of all time, all Americans who suffered wretched fates. Most are unknown, nearly all were positive thinkers, none survived."--P. [4] of cover.