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The professional design guide to green roofs / Karla Dakin, Lisa Lee Benjamin & Mindy Pantiel ; photography edited by Lisa Lee Benjamin.
LIBRA SB419.5 .D35 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dakin, Karla, author.
- Benjamin, Lisa Lee, author, editor.
- Pantiel, Mindy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Green roofs (Gardening)--Design and construction.
- Green roofs (Gardening).
- Local Subjects:
- Green roofs (Gardening)--Design and construction.
- Physical Description:
- 300 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- 'The Professional Design Guide to Green Roofs' is a comprehensive exploration of rooftop garden design and the process behind it. It covers everything landscape architects and garden designers need to know to create a beautiful garden in the sky.
- Contents:
- Sources of inspiration
- Shapes and patterns
- Creating living spaces
- Wildlife friendly spaces
- Plant-driven environments
- The predesign phase
- Site analysis
- Program
- Master planning and conceptual design
- Design development and construction documents
- Contracts, construction, and maintenance
- The evolving frontier of landscape design.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-281) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1604693126
- 9781604693126
- OCLC:
- 785870741
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