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"What does the landscape architect actually do as a design?" The authors investigate this seemingly simple question: how are locations and spaces created in the open air, how are paths routed and boundaries set, how are hard and soft materials used? Drawing on practical and theoretical exp...
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Birkhauser,
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| Publisher Address: | Basel/Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2014] ©2014 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783038212232 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783038212232.jpg |
| Summary: |
"What does the landscape architect actually do as a design?" The authors investigate this seemingly simple question: how are locations and spaces created in the open air, how are paths routed and boundaries set, how are hard and soft materials used? Drawing on practical and theoretical experience, this introduction, often used as a textbook, reveasls the central components of design and the intellectual paths followed in the design process. |
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1 online resource(192pages) : illustrations Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9783038212232 |
| Index Number: | NA2750 |
| CLC: | TU986 |
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Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Talking about design a few introductory remarks -- "In the form of open space" -- [1] Form and forming -- [2] Designing and design -- 3.1 Creating space ("space") -- 3.2 Creating focal points ("place") -- 3.3 Movement and access ("path") -- 4.1 Fundamentals of good design -- 4.2 Characteristics of good design -- 4.3 Repetition as a tool -- Literature -- Authors. |