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Detailing for Landscape Architects: Aesthetics, Function, Constructibility
Thomas R. Ryan
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Description for Detailing for Landscape Architects: Aesthetics, Function, Constructibility
Paperback. Based upon the best-selling book Architectural Detailing by Edward Allen and Patrick Rand, Landscape Architectural Detailing applies the same organization to the three major concerns of the landscape architecture detailer function, constructibility, and aesthetics. Num Pages: 272 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AMV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 275 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 646.
Based upon the best-selling book Architectural Detailing by Edward Allen and Patrick Rand, Landscape Architectural Detailing applies the same organization to the three major concerns of the landscape architecture detailer—function, constructability, and aesthetics. Richly illustrated, this book approaches landscape architecture detailing in a systematic manner and provides a framework for analyzing existing details and devising new ones. Landscape Architectural Detailing includes material on details related to aesthetics, water drainage and movement, structures, construction assemblies, sustainable resources, and more.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470548783
SKU
V9780470548783
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Ref
99-1
About Thomas R. Ryan
Tom R. Ryan, FASLA, is Principal of Ryan Associates, Landscape Architecture and Planning. He has more than thirty years of experience as a practicing landscape architect, and has taught in the landscape architecture departments at the University of Pennsylvania, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Edward Allen, FAIA, has been a member ... Read more
Reviews for Detailing for Landscape Architects: Aesthetics, Function, Constructibility
"This eminently readable, profusely illustrated book is obviously designed as a professional reference, but its effect is more like consulting with a passionate expert than merely receiving a listing of standard recommendations. This pattern-based approach, in lieu of a mechanical categorization based on materials (wood, metal, stone) or application (paving, walls, canopies), focuses on conveying general principles, as well as ... Read more