Landscape Architecture 115: Park and Recreation Area Planning
Title | Landscape Architecture 115: Park and Recreation Area Planning PDF eBook |
Author | University of California, Berkeley. Department of Landscape Architecture |
Publisher | |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 1952 |
Genre | Landscape architecture |
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Anatomy of a Park
Title | Anatomy of a Park PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Molnar |
Publisher | Waveland Press |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2015-01-09 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1478628189 |
The Fourth Edition of Anatomy of a Park features an expanded view of the practice, the business, and the administration of park design, with information gathered from interviews with professionals from both the United States and abroad. Highlights include:
• Three-dimensional site plans and topographic maps with helpful hints for interpretation of the planning and construction documents shared by designers and clients.
• Expanded coverage of the broad issues of ecology-oriented “green design” and the philosophy of sustainable practice.
• The economics of park design: getting more park for your money and getting more money for your park.
• A richly illustrated discussion on the right and wrong ways to design seating arrangements
• The latest developments in the linkage of pervious pavement with storm-water management, along with issues of survival for plants in dense urban environments.
• Comprehensive guidelines for the client seeking a consulting designer and the designer seeking a client, from the earliest initiation to the finished product.
• Increased examples and discussion of the relationships and purposes of the elements of park design, as well as experts’ opinions of what makes a good park versus a great park.
• Essential coverage of ways to maximize a park budget, including the grant application process, sponsorship, partnerships, and volunteerism.
Anatomy of a Park
Title | Anatomy of a Park PDF eBook |
Author | Albert J. Rutledge |
Publisher | McGraw-Hill Companies |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Architecture |
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Planning for Parks and Recreation Needs in Urban Areas
Title | Planning for Parks and Recreation Needs in Urban Areas PDF eBook |
Author | Elinor C. Guggenheimer |
Publisher | Ardent Media |
Pages | 270 |
Release | |
Genre | |
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Anatomy of a Park
Title | Anatomy of a Park PDF eBook |
Author | Donald J. Molnar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Landscape architecture |
ISBN | 9781478622024 |
Wilderness by Design
Title | Wilderness by Design PDF eBook |
Author | Ethan Carr |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 1999-01-01 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780803263833 |
Carr delves into the planning and motivations of the people who wanted to preserve America's scenic geography. He demonstrates that by drawing on historical antecedents, landscape architects and planners carefully crafted each addition to maintain maximum picturesque wonder. Tracing the history of landscape park design from British gardens up through the city park designs of Frederick Law Olmsted, Carr places national park landscape architecture within a larger historical context.
Register of the University of California
Title | Register of the University of California PDF eBook |
Author | University of California (1868-1952) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 936 |
Release | 1927 |
Genre | Universities and colleges |
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