Beazley's Design and Detail of the Space between Buildings

ISBN-13: 9780419136200 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 289 str.

Angi Pinder; Alan Pinder

Opis

A revised handbook about the design and detail of the space between buildings - paths, walls, fences, gates and steps exploring the reason behind much of the best design in both traditional and contemporary landscape architecture.

Recenzje

"The book's greatest value is that it discusses the topics it covers from the holistic position of a designer." - Landscape News

Spis treści

Introductions. Paved surfaces. The function of paved surfaces. Principal highway engineering terms. Generic types of pavings. Pavements for wheeled traffic only. Trade associations. General design questions. Tar, bitumen or asphalt bound flexible pavements. Cold asphalt surfacing. Chippings sealed with cold bituminous emulsion. Chippings sealed in a synthetic binder. Unsealed chippings or gravel. Soil-cement bases. In-situ concrete pavements. Interlocking block pavements. Slab, brick, sett and cobbled pavements. Timber decking and blocks. Trim to paved surfaces. Walls and fences. Walls generally. Brick and block walls. In-situ concrete walls. Rendered walls. Stone walls. Timber fencing. Metal fencing. Other fencing materials. Gates. Retaining walls, steps and ramps. Retaining structures. Steps and ramps. References for further reading - useful addresses. Index.

O autorze

A. Pinder