Detailing for Landscape Architects: Aesthetics, Function, Constructibility

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The new industry standard on landscape architectural detailing

Detailing for Landscape Architects takes the reader on an educational journey across three major areas of landscape architectural detailing - aesthetics, function, and constructability - to demonstrate how powerful design patterns can transform thematic ideas into awe-inspiring built realities. Richly illustrated examples accompany concise discussions of a varied blend of landscape design/detailing issues such as water movement, soil environments, articulating structures and construction assemblies, life cycle costing, sustainability, health and safety, and more. This book approaches the subject of detailing in a systematic manner, and provides a balanced framework for design and workmanship that conveys the essence of the built landscape.

Detailing for Landscape Architects shows how details can:

• Reinforce design ideas through the continuity and discontinuity of patterns

• Actively contribute to the overall form or geometry of the design

• Be designed to be durable and flexible while enhancing the entire design

• Gracefully accommodate the natural growth and change of plant materials

• Anticipate maintenance needs to minimize future disruptions

• Maximize their cost effectiveness through understanding their function while designing to meet those functions

Including chapters that apply detail patterns to the design of an urban plaza, a roof deck, and a residence, Detailing for Landscape Architects offers guidance on solving specific technical requirements, while preserving and enhancing the visual qualities that celebrate innovation, and carry forth a timeless quality of building.

Publisher/Edition: John Wiley/2011/ISBN: 978-0470548783