Open(ing) Spaces: Design as Landscape Architecture

by Hans Loidl and Stefan Bernard

"What does the landscape architect actually do as a design?" The authors investigate this seemingly simple question. What resources are available for designing open spaces? What part is played by conditions deriving from nature? How are locations and spaces created in the open air, how are paths routed and boundaries set, how are hard and soft materials used? Drawing on practical and theoretical experience, this introduction, often used as a textbook,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3038214876
• ISBN13: 9783038214878
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary