Compendium of landscape architecture & open space design This fundamental work provides an overview of the whole creative realm of contemporary landscape architecture. Every aspect of the design and production of these public and private spaces is thematized and elucidated. These spaces encompass a huge variety stretching from classic garden design and golf courses to greened façades from guerilla gardening and cemeteries to roundabouts.0The approximately three dozen chapters chart the various tasks and challenges in comprehensive introductions. Around 250 vividly illustrated case studies from around the world offer solutions and suggestions in the design process. Whether conservative in style and requiring little explanation or striking even ostentatious these projects are always inventive unique and compelling  and always seeking to redefine the relationship between human beings and the natural world