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1000 Details in Landscape Architecture
A Selection of the World'?N????e??os Most Interesting Landscaping Elements

Francesc Zamora Mola, editor

Publisher: Firefly Books
www.fireflybooks.com
ISBN1770850406

Price: $29.95 hardcover,
292 pages,
1,000 photos/illustrations

What makes a landscape unique? Every page of 1000 Details in Landscape Architecture shows you. Each page, typically, reveals 3-5 eye-catching projects and concisely explains the who, the where and how the designer achieved the results.

This is a book you'?N????e??oll love to page through anytime. Open to any page in this handsome compendium and the designer in you will be inspired and motivated.

The book examines landscape architecture as artistic application, and is organized by sections: structures, irrigation design, lighting, planting, and pool/water feature designs. About half the volume is devoted to structures: retaining walls and screens; surfacing and paving; fences, guardrails and railings; decks, platforms and boardwalks; pedestrian bridges and lookouts; urban furniture and public art.

This is not only a great book for landscape architects, but is a handy reference to show anyone who might ask you, '?N????e??So, what exactly does a landscape architect do?'?N????e??

This is what landscape architects do worldwide, and it'?N????e??os fantastic.

Note: Francesc Zamora Mola is degreed in architecture and interior design, and co-author with Julios Fajardo of Star Landscape Architecture: The Stars of Landscape and Land.