Book description
The new industry standard on landscape architectural detailing
Detailing for Landscape Architects takes the reader on an educational
journey across three major areas of landscape architectural
detailingÂ-aesthetics, function, and constructibilityÂ-to demonstrate
how powerful design patterns can transform thematic ideas into
awe-inspiring built realities. Richly illustrated examples accompany
concise discussions of a varied blend of landscape design/detailing
issues such as water movement, soil environments, articulating
structures and construction assemblies, life cycle costing,
sustainability, health and safety, and more. This book approaches the
subject of detailing in a systematic manner, and provides a balanced
framework for design and workmanship that conveys the essence of the
built landscape.
Detailing for Landscape Architects shows how details can:
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Reinforce design ideas through the continuity and discontinuity
of patterns
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Actively contribute to the overall form or geometry of the
design
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Be designed to be durable and flexible while enhancing the
entire design
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Gracefully accommodate the natural growth and change of plant
materials
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Anticipate maintenance needs to minimize future
disruptions
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Maximize their cost effectiveness through understanding their
function while designing to meet those functions
Including chapters that apply detail patterns to the design of an
urban plaza, a roof deck, and a residence, Detailing for Landscape
Architects offers guidance on solving specific technical requirements,
while preserving and enhancing the visual qualities that celebrate
innovation, and carry forth a timeless quality of building.
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 of the faculties at Yale
University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and has
frequently taught as a guest at other institutions across the United
States over the past thirty years. He is also the best-selling
coauthor of Fundamentals of Building Construction and The Architect's
Studio Companion (both with Joseph Iano), Form and Forces (with Waclaw
Zalewski), and Architectural Detailing (with Patrick Rand), all
published by Wiley.
Patrick Rand, FAIA, is a Professor in the School of
Architecture at North Carolina State University, where he teaches
design studios, construction systems courses, and detailing seminars.
He is coauthor of Architectural Detailing along with Edward Allen.
