Outdoor design : a handbook for the architect and planner /
Olwen C. Marlowe
- London, United Kingdom : Crosby Lockwood Staples, c1977
- xiii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Site clearance -- 2. Ground contouring and soil preparation -- 3. Structures in the landscape -- 4. Water in the landscape -- 5. Electricity in the landscape -- 6. Hard paved surfaces -- 7. Soft landscape surfaces -- 8. Trees: Planting, care and protection -- 9. Shrubs, bulbs, herbaceous and alpine plants -- 10. Aquatics and bog plants -- 11. Outdoor furniture.
This book does not pretend to supply a ready answer to every problem that may be encountered ; basically, it attempts to convey the rudiments and practical realities of environmental design in a form that may be readily understood and applied by the environmentally- conscious architect.