Surfacedesign: Material Landscapes
by James A. Lord, FASLA
Roderick Wyllie, ASLA, and Geoff Di Girolamo, ASLA, Assoc. AIA
The
first book on this award-winning landscape architecture and urban design firm
reveals thoughtful parks, plazas, waterfronts, civic landscapes, and private
gardens that convey beauty, authenticity, and inventiveness. The text comprises
interviews, dialogues, and discussions with San Francisco-based Surfacedesign’s
partners James A. Lord, FASLA, Roderick Wyllie, ASLA, and Geoff di Girolamo,
ASLA, Assoc. AIA, along with several team members, who define their approach to
materials, gesture, and sustainability, as well as the inner workings of this
investigative, non-hierarchical, collaborative practice. Twenty-five
projects—ranging in scale and complexity from Auckland International Airport to
a private garden in the heart of San Francisco—are beautifully photographed
(mostly by Marion Brenner), displaying the sensuous nature of the work. Through
words and images, the book investigates the roots of the firm’s design ethos
stemming from deep beliefs in the power of narrative to imbue landscape with
meaning, to express the history of place, and, most important, to connect
people to the places they live, work, travel, and play.
The Monacelli Press, 2019, 208 pages,
flexibound, $50.
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