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Residential landscape architecture : design process for the private residence / Norman K. Booth, James E. Hiss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Booth, Norman K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Landscape architecture.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Homesites--Planning.
- Homesites.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 420 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, [2002]
- Summary:
- "Residential Landscape Architecture" explores the functional and artistic elements of residential site design, with a focus on appreciation of quality and updated standards for site development, maintenance techniques, and training. It clearly illustrates and discusses the actual procedures and underlying principles utilized by experienced residential site designers. THE THIRD EDITION FEATURES THE FOLLOWING CHANGES: New chapter 13 - Special Project Sites - contains 4 new case studies/projects that illustrate the design process. Old chapter 12 has been made new chapter 3 to address environmentally responsive design issues earlier in the design process. Old chapter 13 on Architecturally Responsive Design has been dissected and addressed throughout the text to better meet the needs of users.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Typical Residential Site 1
- The Typical Residential Site 2
- Houses and Homes 18
- Style Versus No Style 18
- Architectural Character 19
- Chapter 2 Outdoor Rooms 25
- Outdoor Space 26
- Outdoor Rooms on the Residential Site 33
- Chapter 3 Environmentally Responsive Design 60
- Site Microclimate 61
- Designing with Sun 63
- Designing with Wind 74
- Other Environmental Considerations 83
- Chapter 4 Design Process 92
- Design Process 92
- Research and Preparation 94
- Design 96
- Construction Documentation 100
- Implementation 109
- Maintenance 109
- Evaluation 110
- Chapter 5 Meeting the Clients 112
- Learning about the Designer 113
- Initial Contact by Potential Clients 116
- Meeting the Clients 116
- Developing a Proposal for Design Services 128
- The Duncan Residence 130
- Chapter 6 Site Measuring and Base Map Preparation 134
- Gathering Existing Site Data 142
- On-Site Measurement Systems 142
- Recording Site Measurements 146
- Procedures for Drawing the Base Sheet and Base Map 159
- Chapter 7 Site and Design Program 168
- Site Inventory 169
- Site Analysis 175
- Design Program 179
- Chapter 8 Functional Diagrams 182
- Importance of Functional Diagrams 183
- Functional Diagrams 184
- Functional Diagrams for the Duncan Residence 204
- Chapter 9 Preliminary Design and Design Principles 211
- Process and Content 214
- Design Principles 215
- Documenting Preconceived Design Ideas 233
- Chapter 10 Form Composition 238
- Geometry of Forms 241
- Design Themes 254
- Architectural Attention and Design Themes 274
- Form Composition Process 279
- Form Composition for the Duncan Residence 288
- Chapter 11 Spatial Composition 292
- Preliminary Grading Design 292
- Preliminary Planting Design 303
- Walls and Fences 324
- Overhead Structures 333
- Architecturally Responsive Landscape Structures 336
- Preliminary Designs for the Duncan Residence 340
- Chapter 12 Material Composition and Master Plan 344
- Material Composition 345
- Special Attention to Architecture and Detail 365
- Master Plan Process 372
- Master Plan Graphic Style and Content 377
- Master Plan for the Duncan Residence 380
- Chapter 13 Special Project Sites 385
- The Corner Site 386
- The Wooded Site 392
- The Sloped Site 399
- The Townhouse Garden 406.
- ISBN:
- 0130278270
- OCLC:
- 46456289
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