The origins of the book are embedded in and central to the philosophy and teachings of the Conway School during Walt’s founding tenure from 1972 to 1992, and ever since.
Cultivating the Designer’s Mind focuses on how to go about the critical set of tasks of managing your mind when designing a landscape. Easy to read and highly illustrated (including many of Walter’s watercolor paintings), the book has something for everyone, including stories, case studies, proven principles of design, tips for the designer, and illustrative examples. The book will be valuable to landscape architecture students as well as established practitioners; there is much as well for the sister professions of architecture, engineering, planning, and more.