How to Build Paths, Steps & Footbridges: The Fundamentals of Planning, Designing, and Constructing Creative Walkways in Your Home Landscape

By Peter Jeswald

Book Overview

Improve the accessibility of your outdoor landscape while adding drama and interest to your surroundings. From assessing the site to adding the final decorative flourishes, Peter Jeswald shows you everything you need to know to build a variety of practical and visually appealing paths, steps, and footbridges. Full of inspiring photographs, plans of sample designs, and advice on working with wood, masonry, stone, earth, and vegetation, Jeswald encourages you to get creative as you build unique paths that showcase your individual personality and style.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580174876
• ISBN13: 9781580174879
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Paths Steps and Footbridges

A "fresh", well conceptualized and practical book that deals effectively and quite thoroughly with one of the two strategic components of any landscape --- the movement space. The other being landing or gathering space. The book is well illustrated and profusely augmented with simple clear diagrams. It benefits from a strong outline and simultaneous information on how to build paths, steps and footbridges It offers practical implementation tips. Stunning even inspiritational photographs complement the diagramatic graphics. A very good book for the "do it yourselfer" who could benefit from wisdom of those who have constructed well.

A Landscape Architects View

Outstanding selection of photos defining numerous material selections and their designed use. Paramount to the process is Peter's description of the planning and design process. Easy to follow, thorough, and it leads the amature and professional through the inital idea(s) to a well defined project - bricks and mortar. The step by step direction tool(s), material(s) and know how should result in a successful project for friends and family to enjoy and rave about. Just look at the pictures. HUNGER!!! A wonderful book for young and old, amature and professional. JOHN W. CAMPBELL Landscape Architect