Outdoor design : a handbook for the architect and planner / Olwen C. Marlowe

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, United Kingdom : Crosby Lockwood Staples, c1977Description: xiii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 258970170
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB 472.7 .M37 1977
Contents:
1. Site clearance -- 2. Ground contouring and soil preparation -- 3. Structures in the landscape -- 4. Water in the landscape -- 5. Electricity in the landscape -- 6. Hard paved surfaces -- 7. Soft landscape surfaces -- 8. Trees: Planting, care and protection -- 9. Shrubs, bulbs, herbaceous and alpine plants -- 10. Aquatics and bog plants -- 11. Outdoor furniture.
Summary: This book does not pretend to supply a ready answer to every problem that may be encountered ; basically, it attempts to convey the rudiments and practical realities of environmental design in a form that may be readily understood and applied by the environmentally- conscious architect.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation Architecture GC SB 472.7 .M37 1977 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000017151

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Site clearance -- 2. Ground contouring and soil preparation -- 3. Structures in the landscape -- 4. Water in the landscape -- 5. Electricity in the landscape -- 6. Hard paved surfaces -- 7. Soft landscape surfaces -- 8. Trees: Planting, care and protection -- 9. Shrubs, bulbs, herbaceous and alpine plants -- 10. Aquatics and bog plants -- 11. Outdoor furniture.

This book does not pretend to supply a ready answer to every problem that may be encountered ; basically, it attempts to convey the rudiments and practical realities of environmental design in a form that may be readily understood and applied by the environmentally- conscious architect.

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