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Landscape Infrastructure
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 70.00Infrastructure, as we know it, no longer belongs in the exclusive realm of engineers and transportation planners. In the context of rapidly changing cities and towns, infrastructure is experiencing a paradigm shift where multiple-use programming and the integration of latent ecologies is a primary consideration. Defining contemporary infrastructure... more...
Ken Smith Landscape Architect
Springer 2006; US$ 29.95Ken Smith is unquestionably one of the most interesting voices in landscape architecture; his works reflect the intensity and energy of their surroundings and challenge the distinction between landscape and art form. "Ken Smith Landscape Architects/Urban Projects focuses on three prominent works in New York City: his East River Project; his work... more...
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
Springer 2005; US$ 29.95In the field of landscape architecture, there is no more distinguished voice than Michael Van Valkenburgh, and it therefore seems appropriate that we begin this new "Source Books in Landscape" series with his recently completed Allegheny Riverfront Park project for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As part of the city's efforts to restore its... more...
Representing Landscapes
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 59.95What do you communicate when you draw an industrial landscape using charcoal; what about a hyper-realistic PhotoShop collage method? What are the right choices to make? Are there right and wrong choices when it comes to presenting a particular environment in a particular way? The choice of medium for visualising an idea is something that faces... more...
Christopher Lloyd
Random House 2010; US$ 22.90Christopher Lloyd (Christo) was one of the greatest English gardeners of the twentieth century, perhaps the finest plantsman of them all. His creation is the garden at Great Dixter in East Sussex, and it is a tribute to his vision and achievement that, after his death in 2006, the Heritage Lottery Fund made a grant of £4 million to help preserve... more...
Golf Course Irrigation
Wiley 2004; US$ 120.00Complete guidelines to developing and maintaining the most effective, environment-friendly irrigation systems for golf courses Golf Course Irrigation offers valuable insight on the design, installation, management, and maintenance of irrigation systems-the most important management tool used on today's golf courses. Without manufacturers' bias,... more...
Stadtgrün / Urban Green
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 88.00Ein fundierter Überblick über führende landschaftsarchitektonische Positionen in Europa more...
Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 47.95Landscapes develop and evolve through an interacting series of processes ? climatic, geological, ecological and cultural ? over varying periods of time. These processes shape the structure and character of the landscapes which we experience. Over time, distinctive patterns emerge ? ranging in scale from the distribution of small plants to the sculptured... more...
Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 165.00Providing a fresh approach to the theory of design, Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process synthesizes planning, design and ecology and shows a new view of where design can develop. The book brings together the work and subject areas of a range of disciplines including psychologists, philosophers, geologists, ecologists, cultural geographers,... more...
Elements of Visual Design in the Landscape
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 58.95Public concern about the landscape, in particular its appearance, is increasing all the time. For those charged with managing, developing or conserving a wide range of landscapes it is a major task to take visual aspects into account. Elements of Visual Design in the Landsacpe presents a vocabulary of visual design, structured in a logical... more...









