The Planting Design Handbook

摘要: First published in 1992, this text is widely used on landscape architecture courses around the world. It examines horticultural, ecological and aesthetic characteristics of plants, discusses structural decorative roles planting, spatial composition, species selection, planting plans spacing, vital role management. With its fresh look at principles analysis design process, it reveals how a systematic approach can allow greatest freedom for creative imagination. This second edition still provides complete examination both practice with public, institutional private landscapes, but fully revised updated, taking account developments professional reflecting variety media approaches currently used. incorporates conceptual to range methods as well tried tested analytical objective procedures, wide new international examples design. The basis has been broadened include from warm temperate subtropical vegetation types those cool Mediterranean climate area. layout book clearer more spacious, colour illustrations. While retaining detailed line drawings Chinese architect painter Jia-Hua Wu, includes an photographs drawings. These illustrate now effective useful practices various sizes.