Construction for landscape architecture

Construction for Landscape Architecture covers all aspects of landscape construction, giving a good understanding of building materials and assembly. It is heavily illustrated with specially commissioned, detailed construction drawings, and has a strong emphasis on sustainability and good practice. At the end of the book there is an extensive glossary and an appendix of technical information.

Construction for Landscape Architecture; Contents; Introduction; The vernacular tradition and globalization; Sustainability; Attitudes to materials; A note on standards; About this book; General principles; Properties of materials; Specific gravity; Size; Strength; Optical characteristics; Electrical conductivity; Color and texture; Thermal properties; Acoustic properties; Deformation; Principles of assembly; Loads and reactions; Building Materials; Stone; Igneous rocks; Sedimentary rocks; Metamorphic stone; Stone finishes and forms; Concrete; Strength classes

Step by step: Constructing a curved cast-in-place concrete retaining wallWaterproof concrete; Ecoconcrete; Photocatalytic (depolluting) concrete; Reinforced concrete; Step by step: Constructing GRC rockwork; Concrete finishes; Stucco; Harling; Brick; Materials used in making bricks; Process of manufacture; Types of brick; The brick-wall bond; Paving bonds; Mortar; Jointing and pointing; Laying paving; Problems with brickwork; Step by step: Constructing an engineering-brick retaining wall; Metals; Forming and working metals; Iron; Cast iron; Wrought iron; Steel; Aluminum; Copper; Zinc; Lead

AlloysLumber; Types of lumber; St…