Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards
1. Edition November 2006
1088 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards is an entirely new, definitive reference work for everyone involved with landscape architecture, design, and construction. Based on the 70-year success of Architectural Graphic Standards, this new book is destined to become the ?bible? for the landscape field. Edited by an educator and former president of the American Society of Landscape Architects, it provides immediate access to rules-of-thumb and standards used throughout the planning, design, construction and management of landscapes.
Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards is an entirely new, definitive reference work for everyone involved with landscape architecture, design, and construction. Based on the 70-year success of Architectural Graphic Standards, this new book is destined to become the "bible" for the landscape field. Edited by an educator and former president of the American Society of Landscape Architects, it provides immediate access to rules-of-thumb and standards used throughout the planning, design, construction and management of landscapes.
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Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
User Guide.
Part 1: PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.
GENERAL.
CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND LEGAL.
PROJECT ADMINISTRATION.
Part 2: STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES.
HUMAN FACTORS.
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS.
CULTURAL FACTORS.
SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS.
SITE PLANNING.
CIRCULATION.
ACCESSIBILITY.
Part 3: PROCESS, IMPLEMENTATION,AND APPLICATION.
CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS, EARTHWORK, AND ROAD ALIGNMENT.
WATER SUPPLY AND MANAGEMENT.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.
IRRIGATION AND WATER FEATURES.
PAVEMENT AND STRUCTURES IN THE LANDSCAPE.
SITE AMENITIES.
PLANTING.
SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION.
HAZARD CONTROL.
RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION.
PARKS AND RECREATION.
Part 4: MATERIALS.
SOILS.
ASPHALT.
CONCRETE.
MASONRY.
METALS.
WOOD.
RECREATIONAL SURFACES.
NURSERY STOCK.
OTHER MATERIALS.
SELECTION CRITERIA.
APPENDIX.
DRAWING METHODS AND GEOMETRY.
METRIC SYSTEM.
ASLA DECLARATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY.
Index.
He is the Chief Landscape Architect and head of the New York City Housing Authority's Landscape Architecture division and also a faculty member at the City College School of Architecture and Environmental Studies. Len is a former president of the American Society of Landscape Architects and he is a frequent speaker at universities and conferences, most recently on the topic of security in the landscape.
