Constructing Landscape: Materials, Techniques, Structural Components

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Constructing Landscape is a systematic introduction to technical and constructional open space planning, with all the relevant topics, from the most common materials and surfaces to the construction of open space elements and the use of plants. For landscape architects and architects it is an indispensable guide to correct and professional execution planning as well as to preparing solid and well-thought-out requests for proposal. Constructing Landscape is divided into two sections, Materials and Surfaces and Building Construction and Building Elements. The first section provides an overview of the various building materials of land-scape architecture and their specific characteristics. It also explains the qualities of surfaces and the different approaches to treating them. The second section begins with an introductory chapter explaining the principles of statics, the connections of loadbearing elements, and the various approaches to anchoring building components and support Review: Very informative - I really liked this book, it has a lot of usefull information for anyone in the design industry, it contains plenty details from type of plants and their specifications to uses of wood etc etc. Review: Awesome book, bad shipping - I had seen the book before and loved it, the content is pretty good. I needed it recently for my thesis project so I paid two-day shipping and it didn't arrive within those days. It arrived as if I hadn't paid any shipping, and one corner of the book was a bit smashed. The book is five stars but this store and it's shipping isn't.