num_pages: 315
description: Singularly highlights landscape architectural elements with clear design principles! Designed to be used as a helpful resource by individuals beginning their careers, Basic Elements of Landscape Architectural Design presents the thoughts and key design theories fundamental to landscape architecture in simple words and illustrations. Still available from Waveland Press, this highly regarded sourcebook offers the vocabulary, significance, characteristics, potential uses, and design guidelines for landform, plant materials, buildings, pavement, site structures, and water in landscape architectural design. It will help your students overcome common mistakes and misconceptions typical in the early phases of their design career and will heighten their understanding and awareness of the major physical components of the outdoor environment. Titles of related interest available from Waveland Bertauski, Plan Graphics for the Landscape with Section-Elevation and Computer Graphics, Third Edition (ISBN 9781478637264); Molnar, Anatomy of a The Essentials of Recreation Area Planning and Design, Fourth Edition (ISBN 9781478622024); and Murphy, Landscape Architecture An Evolving Body of Thought (ISBN 9780881338133).
language: English
title: Basic Elements of Landscape Architectural Design
titlecomplete: Basic Elements of Landscape Architectural Design
genres: Landscape Architecture, Design, Reference, Architecture
ratings_count: 85
publisher: Waveland Pr Inc