Landscape Design: A Practical Approach - Hardcover

Hannebaum, Leroy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130105813 ISBN 13: 9780130105813

Publisher: Pearson, 2001

Synopsis

For undergraduate courses in Landscape Design and Landscape Architecture.

This book provides a comprehensive view of the landscape design process as it applies to the professional landscape designer. Its coverage includes design analysis, study of land forms and planning of land form manipulation, area creation and circulation, environmental adjustments, the aesthetics of good design, appropriate materials selection, and the proper use of enriching materials in the landscape.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Written for horticulture and landscaping students and professional landscapers, Landscape Design: A Practical Approach will also serve as a valuable reference for landscape architects because of many practical applications.

This comprehensive guidebook provides a good, basic understanding of the landscape design process, including:

• design analysis,
• study of land forms and planning of land form manipulation,
• area creation and circulation,
• environmental adjustments,
• aesthetics of good design,
• appropriate materials selection, and
• proper use of enriching materials in the landscape.

Additionally, valuable materials covering specification reading and writing, bidding and estimating, and sales are included.

You can't find another landscape designer's manual so chock-full of practical guidelines and handy techniques designed to put you at the forefront of your profession sooner than you thought possible!

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0130105813
• ISBN 13: 9780130105813
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 466