Landscape Architecture: A Manual of Site Planning and Design by John Ormsbee Simonds
Newly tested after fourteen years, this third edition of the landscape architect's classic text and resource now features 300 color illustrations that beautifully convey the significance of color as an element in landscape design.
Since it was first published in 1961, Landscape Architecture has been the definitive introduction to the theory and practice of its subject. This third edition reflects the dramatic changes that have revolutionized the profession-changes that include new emphasis on sustainability, geographic information systems, and urban design.
Using step-by-step methods, Simonds masterfully presents a systematic approach to the creation of more agreeable and workable outdoor paths, places, and spaces. His carefully developed principles and orderly procedures make site analysis, programming, schematic study, and detailed site design easy to understand and apply. Photos, diagrams, checklists, and other supplementary material provoke useful ideas and fresh insights about the creative design of outdoor space.
Completely revised to serve the needs of today's planners and architects, this edition features expanded sections on topography, sustainability, growth management, the reversal of urban sprawl, urban revitalization, open space planning, regional blue and green ways, safe materials, and nondestructive site procedures.
Published/Edition: January 1997. ISBN/Book No.: 0070577099
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| Description | Landscape Architecture: A Manual of Site Planning and Design by John Ormsbee Simonds Newly tested after fourteen years, this third edition of the landscape architect's classic text and resource now features 300 color illustrations that beautifully convey the significance of color as an element in landscape design. Since it was first published in 1961, Landscape Architecture has been the definitive introduction to the theory and practice of its subject. This third edition reflects the dramatic changes that have revolutionized the profession-changes that include new emphasis on sustainability, geographic information systems, and urban design. Using step-by-step methods, Simonds masterfully presents a systematic approach to the creation of more agreeable and workable outdoor paths, places, and spaces. His carefully developed principles and orderly procedures make site analysis, programming, schematic study, and detailed site design easy to understand and apply. Photos, diagrams, checklists, and other supplementary material provoke useful ideas and fresh insights about the creative design of outdoor space. Completely revised to serve the needs of today's planners and architects, this edition features expanded sections on topography, sustainability, growth management, the reversal of urban sprawl, urban revitalization, open space planning, regional blue and green ways, safe materials, and nondestructive site procedures. Published/Edition: January 1997. ISBN/Book No.: 0070577099 |
