Foundations of Landscape Architecture: Integrating Form and Space Using the Language of Site Design
Product ID: 208019019
A visually engaging introduction to landscape architectural design Landscape architectural design seeks to create environments that accommodate users' varying lifestyles and needs, incorporate cultural heritage, promote sustainability, and integrate functional requirements for optimal enjoyment. Foundations of Landscape Architecture introduces the foundational concepts needed to effectively integrate space and form in landscape design. With over five hundred hand-rendered and digital drawings, as well as photographs, Foundations of Landscape Architecture illustrates the importance of spatial language. It introduces concepts, typologies, and rudimentary principles of form and space. Including designs for projects such as parks, campuses, and memorials, this text provides the core concepts necessary for designers to shape functional landscapes. Additionally, chapters discuss organizational and spatial design structures based on orthogonal forms, angular forms, and circular forms. Helping students, professionals, and lifelong learners alike, Foundations of Landscape Architecture delivers a concrete understanding of landscape architectural design to inspire one's imagination for countless types of projects.
| Dimensions | 21.59 x 2.03 x 21.34 cm |
| Edition | 1st |
| Isbn 10 | 0470635053 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-0470635056 |
| Item Weight | 215 g |
| Language | English |
| Print Length | 384 pages |
| Publication Date | 21 Oct. 2011 |
| Publisher | Wiley |
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A fantastic book, a mandatory position for any future landscape architect
I’m glad to find this book. Highly recommended for anyone interested in studying landscape architecture or urban planning. I recommend to read it before you start your course. So if you have some spare time you know what you should be doing.
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Must to learn essentials
Very interesting to read. Things that are really essential within the Landscape architecture.
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Essential reading for LA students
Foundations of Landscape Architecture is an indispensable book. I'm still studying it but I feel very lucky to have "discovered" it. Essential for Landscaping Architecture students! (as myself). It's only regrettable it has not been translated to portuguese yet (I'm from Brazil). Fortunately I have a long familiarity with english, which doesn't happen to my classmates...
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good for beginners
good for beginners. the diagrams and text are easy to understand.
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Excellent Reference
The author is the same co-author of Residential Landscape Design. It's required reading in many colleges and universities for a reason. This new book expands on the first and is, as is Residential Landscape Design, very well written. It's easy to understand with no jargon and gets to the point. I highly recommend this book to anyone in the landscape design field and any budding home enthusiast. As a matter of fact, there are many contractors in our area that build projects without any real design background. If this is you, buy this book and learn from it. You'll be doing yourself a favor.
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Love it!
A true masterpiece...Impressive.... Booth has produced an exceptionally important book that effectively describes design principles from the most fundamental stages of the design process. With a multitude of example drawings, one is able to truly assimilate what's being presented. Highly readable, it is distinguished by its ability to describe and evoke landscape design principles in vivid detail. I would categorize it as one of the most important books I own. Again, Impressive!
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