About this episode

Rosetta Elkin discusses her new book 'Landscapes of Retreat' with Charles Waldheim.

Rosetta Elkin is a landscape architect and author. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss her new book Landscapes of Retreat. Future of the American City is a project of the Office for Urbanization at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. It is produced by Charlie Gaillard, Olani Ewunnet, Aziz Barbar, Jeffrey S. Nesbit, and Mercedes Peralta.

Topics covered

• landscape architecture
• urban design
• retreat landscapes

Keywords

• landscapes
• urbanization
• design

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