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The Planting Design Handbook
Mr. Nick Robinson
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Description for The Planting Design Handbook
Hardback. Emphasizing the role of vegetation layers and designed plant communities in complex and diverse plant assemblages for all kinds of sites and uses, this book provides a complete examination of principles and practice of design for public, institutional and private landscapes. Num Pages: 414 pages, Includes 39 colour and 330 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AMV; WMQL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 256 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1096.
Since the first edition was published in 1992, Nick Robinson's The Planting Design Handbook has been widely used as a definitive text on landscape architecture courses throughout the world. It remains one of the few titles written by a practicing landscape architect and educator who is also a horticulturalist and accomplished plantsman, and which deals with the application of planting design on a large scale in landscape architecture and urban design projects. The Planting Design Handbook is distinctive for its elegant integration of an ecological approach with an understanding of visual and spatial composition. It emphasizes the role ... Read more
Since the first edition was published in 1992, Nick Robinson's The Planting Design Handbook has been widely used as a definitive text on landscape architecture courses throughout the world. It remains one of the few titles written by a practicing landscape architect and educator who is also a horticulturalist and accomplished plantsman, and which deals with the application of planting design on a large scale in landscape architecture and urban design projects. The Planting Design Handbook is distinctive for its elegant integration of an ecological approach with an understanding of visual and spatial composition. It emphasizes the role ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1095g
Number of Pages
374
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472415493
SKU
V9781472415493
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Mr. Nick Robinson
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.
Reviews for The Planting Design Handbook
'As a lecturer in planting design I find Nick's book provides a valuable academic approach to the principles of visual, ecological and spatial design with plants for a wide variety of design parameters and landscape conditions. The 3rd edition's coverage of wild flower meadows and naturalistic perennial make useful additions to this scope.' Penny Cliffin, Unitec Institute of Technology, New ... Read more