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Visualizing Landscape Architecture
Springer 2010; US$ 89.95"We don't sell gardens; we sell images of gardens." This observation on the part of a landscape architect makes it clear just how important it is that a design be effectively communicated to the community, clients, and the public. Drawings, models, simulations, and films communicate the designers' proposed ideas and solutions, but... 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...
Sustainable Landscape Planning
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 54.95This book takes as its starting point the need to examine critically the case for landscape reconnection. It looks at alleged disconnections and their supposed consequences. It explores the arguments about reconnecting the natural and human elements of whole landscapes. More broadly, it considers landscape as an arena within which science, humanities... more...
To Design Landscape
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 53.95To Design Landscape sets out a distinctively practical philosophy of design, in accessible format. Based on the notion that landscape design is a form-based craft addressing environmental processes and utility, Dee establishes a framework for approaching such craft with modesty and ingenuity, using the concept of "aesthetics of thrift". Employing... more...
Sustainable Energy Landscapes
CRC Press 2012; US$ 129.95With experts from different related fields discussing their approaches to energy-conscious planning and design, this comprehensive book presents state-of-the-art research, education, and design practice with respect to sustainable energy landscapes. It also addresses how to quantify the impact of energy transition both on landscape quality and energy... more...
Landscape Infrastructure
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 69.95Landscape planning with a keen sense of the ecologicalcontext more...
The Economic Value of Landscapes
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 145.00This book aims to explore the avenue of landscape economics and provides the building blocks (from different scientific disciplines) for an economic analysis of landscapes. What exactly constitutes and determines the value of a landscape? It focuses on the value of landscapes in its broadest sense, thereby covering a variety of topics including stakeholder... more...
Dynamic Landscape
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 51.95The last quarter of the twentieth century witnessed a burgeoning of interest in ecological or naturally-inspired use of vegetation in the designed landscape. More recently, a strong aesthetic element has been added to what was formerly a movement aimed at creating nature-like landscapes. This book advances an innovative fusion of scientific and... more...
Spon's Landscape Contract Handbook
Taylor and Francis 1995; US$ 210.00This indispensable manual for landscape work covers the documentation and management of landscape contracts. It is written for all those involved in the landscape industry. more...
Beazley's Design and Detail of the Space between Buildings
Taylor and Francis 1990; US$ 200.00A new edition of a book widely regarded as a classic of landscape architecture, it deals with the 'bits' that go in between the different parts of the urban landscape. A completely updated text makes it suitable for both the professional and student. more...









