Nick Robinson

The Planting Design Handbook (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Planting Design Handbook has been widely used as a definitive text on landscape architecture courses throughout the world. It is distinctive for its elegant integration of an ecological approach with an understanding of visual and spatial composition. It emphasizes the role of vegetation layers and designed plant communities in complex and dive

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 414
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000151947
• Artikelnr.: 68415722

Autorenporträt

Nick Robinson is a practising landscape architect and educator with a private practice in Auckland, New Zealand. He has lectured at the universities of Sheffield and Gloucestershire in the UK, at Lincoln in New Zealand and at Cal Poly, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Principles
1. Why Design? 2. Plants as a Medium for Design
3. Spatial Characteristics of Plants
4. Creating Spaces with Plants
5. Composite Landscape
6. Visual Properties of Plants
7. Visual Composition
8. Plant Assemblages
9. Ecological and Horticultural Factors
Part II: Process
10. Design Methodology
Part III: Practice
11. Large-scale Planting
12. Small-scale Planting
Conclusion