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ABOUT THE ESSAY
Designed LandscapesA portfolio of photographs of designed structures and landscapes — from La Jolla to Marfa, from Hadrian's Villa to Storm King — by landscape architecture professor Ken McCown.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ken McCown is director of the Downtown Design Center at the School of Architecture at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada.More Bio >>
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MORE BY Ken McCown
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