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Weathering and Durability in Landscape Architecture
Fundamentals, Practices, and Case Studies
Niall Kirkwood (Author)
9780471392668, Wiley
Hardback, published 15 June 2004
320 pages, Photos: 132 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 5 B&W, 0 Color
24.4 x 19.4 x 2.7 cm, 0.689 kg
Weatering and Durability in Landscape Architecture provides authoritative guidelines to weathering, durability, and physical changes in the designed landscape over time.
* Provides innovative weathering strategies illustrated with case studies.
* Includes information on completed landscapes with data and commentary on maintenance and durability.
* Provides the personal weathering and durability strategies of leading experts.
Preface vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii Part One Design for Weathering and Durability 1 Chapter 1 Time and the Built Landscape 3 Chapter 2 Aspects of Permanence 25 Chapter 3 Design Approaches 41 Part Two Landscape Architectural Design Case Studies 59 Chapter 4 Case Studies 61 Case Study A Expiration Date 64 Case Study B Constructing Memory 80 Case Study C The Persistence of Spatial Structure 96 Case Study D The Readjusted Scales of Duration 112 Case Study E Working Materials 133 Case Study F Dimensions of Process and Change 154 Case Study G Aesthetics of Cultural Weathering 174 Case Study H Urban Legacies 192 Case Study I Evolving Economies 211 Case Study J Maturing Practices 226 Advantica Plaza and Park, Spartanburg, South Carolina Case Study K Perpetual Material 243 Case Study L Compressed 260 Part Three Afterword 277 Chapter 5 Achievements and Challenges 279 Bibliography and Further Reading 287 Index 291
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Subject Areas: Architecture [AM]
