Parks of the 21st Century

Reinvented Landscapes, Reclaimed Territories

Victoria Newhouse, Alex Pisha

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Rizzoli International Publications
01 July 2025

Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial; Sustainability; Landscape gardening

We are in the midst of a worldwide golden age of park creation, and featured here are powerfully telling examples at the forefront of this renaissance.

Parks are essential to our well-being; this has never been clearer than it is today, and a recent surge of park development offers us much to celebrate. Parks of the 21st Century presents 52 parks in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Europe, and China that have turned despoiled and polluted land (including former factories, railroads, and industrial waterfronts) into beneficial landscapes. Landscape architects have been referred to as “the first environmentalists,” and Parks of the 21st Century shows how parks are being designed as proactive, dynamic green spaces. The High Line in New York is an early example of how an obsolete railroad could be transformed. Opened in 2009, it now attracts nearly 8 million visitors a year. In addition to providing public open space, these renewed landscapes offer economic revitalization and large-scale environmental improvement. Among the parks featured in this book are designs by well-known professionals such as James Corner Field Operations, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Kongjian Yu/Turenscape, and Catherine Mosbach.

By: Victoria Newhouse, Alex Pisha
Imprint: Rizzoli International Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 269mm, Width: 211mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9780789345974
ISBN 10: 0789345978
Pages: 356
Publication Date: 01 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Architectural historian Victoria Newhouse is the author of Towards a New Museum, Chaos and Culture, and others. Alex Pisha is a landscape and architectural designer for cultural, academic, and civic projects.