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The Planting Design Handbook

The Planting Design Handbook

by Nick Robinson and Mr. Nick Robinson
Hardback
Publication Date: 04/11/2011

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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 examines the horticultural, ecological and aesthetic characteristics of plants, discusses the structural and decorative roles of planting, spatial composition, species selection, planting plans and spacing, and the vital role of management. With its fresh look at aesthetic principles and its analysis of the design process, it reveals how a systematic approach can allow the greatest freedom for the creative imagination. This revised second edition still provides a complete examination of both the principles and the practice of design with plants, for public, institutional and private landscapes, taking account of developments in professional practice and reflecting a variety of media and approaches currently used. It incorporates conceptual design approaches to planting, a range of design methods as well as tried and tested analytical and objective procedures, and a wide range of new international examples of planting design.
The ecological basis for planting design has been broadened to include examples from warm temperate and subtropical vegetation types as well as those of the cool temperate and Mediterranean climate area. The layout of the book is clear and spacious, with colour illustrations. While retaining the beautiful and detailed line drawings of the Chinese architect and painter Jia-Hua Wu, it includes an international range of new photographs and professional drawings, updated since the second edition. These illustrate a range of media now effective and useful in professional practices of various sizes.
ISBN:
9780754677161
9780754677161
Category:
Landscape art & architecture
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
04-11-2011
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Edition:
2nd Edition
Pages:
348
Dimensions (mm):
246x189x25mm
Weight:
1.12kg
Nick Robinson

World-renowned origami artist and author Nick Robinson has been folding paper since the early 1980s and has been a member of the British Origami Society for over 25 years. In 2004 he was awarded a medal by the society-the highest award the society can offer. He is a frequent speaker and guest exhibitor at origami conventions around the world. Nick has authored over 60 origami books and lives in Sheffield, England.

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