Materials and Their Applications in Landscape Design (Material in Landscape Architecture and Site Design) - Hardcover

Sovinski, Rob W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047011293X ISBN 13: 9780470112939

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Synopsis

This single-source reference offers an encyclopedic and systematic approach to the broad palette of materials commonly used in landscape construction. Connecting the technical aspects of landscape architecture with design aspects, the book's encyclopedic approach takes the reader systematically through the broad palette of available materials, including wood, brick, asphalt, stone, concrete, stone and aggregates, and more. It also introduces readers to the systems in which these materials are used, including walls, decks, pavement, and steps and ramps. Addressing sustainable issues related to each covered material, the book features hundreds of images, from construction details and design drawings to photographs of materials in the built landscape, along with examples from leading design firms. Exercises, chapter summaries and definitions, online exercises, and other pedagogical tools make this an ideal textbook or self-study guidebook for anyone dealing with landscape materials.

About this title

About the Author

Rob W. Sovinski, ASLA, is Professor and Program Chair of Landscape Architecture at Purdue University. A graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, he is the author of Brick in the Landscape: A Practical Guide to Specification and Design, also published by John Wiley & Sons.

From the Back Cover

Introducing the definitive single-source guide to landscape materials

The best landscape designers draw on both their technical expertise and creativity to pursue lasting solutions. Achieving these solutions begins with a firm grasp of the broad palette of materials used in landscape construction.

Materials and Their Applications in Landscape Design provides a unique, encyclopedic focus on the effective use of raw materials—stone and brick, wood and aggregate, cast-in-place and precast concrete, and asphalt—that represent the basis of our built environment.

An ideal reference for undergraduate and graduate students in landscape architecture programs, as well as professionals in landscape architecture and design, this timely resource provides an overview that touches on the design, economic, environmental, functional, and practical issues of material selection, layout, and detailing.

Complementing this overview of landscape materials are more than 150 high-quality images, from construction details and design drawings to photographs of materials in the built landscape. In addition, comprehension-enhancing pedagogy throughout supports the use of the book in the classroom.

An all-in-one resource, Materials and Their Applications in Landscape Design is the most informative, systematic review of the building materials of landscape construction available.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 047011293X
• ISBN 13: 9780470112939
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192