Robert Murase: Stone and Water (The Land Marks Series , No 3)

This tribute to a gifted landscape architect presents powerful examples of the stone works that characterize his dynamic projects.Robert Murase is a Japanese-American landscape architect known for his perfect execution of stone works that include fountains, streams, and other water features. Projects featured in this book range from massive arrangements of rough-cut stone and field-collected volcanic boulders to symmetrical, hard-edged works of polished granite, and include the Japanese-American Plaza and Collins Circle in Portland, Oregon; the Port of Seattle Pier 69 Administrative Headquarters; and the Green Center Plaza in Aichi, Japan.