Landscape Architecture: A Very Short Introduction

by Ian H. Thompson

Book Overview

Landscape architecture plays an important role in shaping the places in which we live and work. But what is it? Landscape architects are involved, amongst other things, in the layout of business parks, the reclamation of derelict industrial sites, the restoration of historic city parks, and the design of major pieces of infrastructure such as motorways, dams, power stations, and flood defenses, as well as the planning of parks and gardens. Taking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199681201
• ISBN13: 9780199681204
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 6.8"