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Professional and Practical Considerations for Landscape Design

By Cantor, Steven L.

Professional and Practical Considerations for Landscape Design

By Cantor, Steven L.

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Drawing on decades of professional practice and teaching experience, Steven L. Cantor's Professional and Practical Considerations for Landscape Design explains the field of landscape architecture, outlining with authority how to turn drawings of designs into creative, purposeful, and striking landscapes and landforms in today's world. This comprehensive guide consists of everything a young professional might encounter from conception through final project archiving, ensuring readers have both the tools necessary to keep up with advancements in the field and the practical business knowledge to build life-long partnerships. Each of the book's concise chapters emphasize a specific aspect of landscape architecture practice, from the administration of designs for contracts, areas of practice, human resources, marketing, construction materials, sustainability and ethics. Each chapter is written in a style that best suits the material. Alongside detailed definitions and practical "do's and don'ts" are 30 complex sample problems ranging in difficulty for both individuals and groups. An array of original photographs and clear examples in both black and white and color articulate standards and inspire future possibilities, featuring the work of Vicky Chan, founder of Avoid Obvious Architects, and Richard Alomar, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers and co-founder of New York Urban Sketchers. By combining the author's unique depth of knowledge with real-world case studies from America, Asia, and Europe, Professional and Practical Considerations for Landscape Design is an up-to-date resource for every level of reader, from students in landscape architecture programs to professionals working in public or private practice, engineering, consulting, or contracting.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
508
Release Date:
2020-01-03
Publication Date:
2020-01-03
Publisher:
OXFORD UNIV PR
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0190623349
ISBN13:
9780190623340
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
764 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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