Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition: A Manual of Environmental Planning and Design

By John Ormsbee Simonds and Barry Starke

Book Overview

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.The most comprehensive, current guide to the theoryand practice of landscape architecture

For more than 50 years, this pioneering guide has served as the foremost resource on the principles and practices of landscape architecture. Now, the book has been revised to address the latest developments in the field, providing a comprehensive, current presentation of the profession.

Richly illustrated with more than 400 full-color images, Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition, explains how to plan and design for the human use of land with the least environmental impact. This updated volume offers new coverage of important topics such as sustainability, climate change, water conservation, land reuse, urban agriculture, stormwater management, low-impactdesign, and much more. This definitive reference:

Introduces the fundamentals of site and environmental planningDescribes the planning constraints imposed by the forms, forces, and features of nature and our built environmentAddresses climate and its design implicationsDiscusses site selection and analysisInstructs in the planning of workable and well-related use areasDescribes the volumetric shaping of exterior spacesExplores site-structure relationships andorganizationApplies contemporary thinking in the planning of expressive human habitations and communities

Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition, preservesthe essential character and timelessness of the original classic while incorporating up-to-date advancements in the profession.

Extensively revised and filled with more than 400 contemporary full-color images, Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition, remains the quintessential resource on planning for the human use of land in harmony with the environment. The book presents asystematic approach to the creation of more usable, efficient, and attractive outdoor spaces and places. Teaching diagrams, plans, photographs, and graphics--including the works of many of the world's leading landscape architects and firms--are featuredthroughout. This thoroughly modernized classic offers new coverage of:

SustainabilityClimate change and global warmingWater preservation and water rightsLand reuse and brownfield redevelopmentGIS mappingInvasive speciesUrban agriculture and urban forestryStormwater managementLow-impact designComplete streetsNew Urbanism, Smart Growth, and Traditional Neighborhood Development

Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition, addresses every aspect of site and environmental planning, design, and implementation, including:

The most comprehensive, current guide to the theoryand practice of landscape architectureThe human habitat and sustainabilityClimateWaterLandVegetationThe visual landscapeTopographyCommunity planning and growth managementRational land use planningUrban designSite planningSite spacesCirculationStructuresLandscape planting

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071797653
• ISBN13: 9780071797658
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.7" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Wise and wonderful!

I was surprised to see the two prior comments and suspect that they were not written by anyone in the landscape architecture field. This book has been the classic introductory text since the 1960s. As a text, it does not purport to be a definitive reference but rather to acquaint the student and layperson with the breadth of landscape architecture. It is not at all focused on the surface alone--Simonds has been one of the pioneers of sustainable ecological design, and the book proves it, covering, among other topics, natural water systems, native plants, greenways, and climate. As Simonds states, "The work of the landscape architect...is to help bring people...into harmonious relationship with the living earth--with the 'want to be' of the land." This book points us in the right direction!

Great book for anyone interested in Landscape Architecture

This book covers all aspects of Landscape Architecture. For a student, this book takes landscape architecture and turns it around and exposes all facets. For a professional, it offers more points of view to stimulate your creativity.

excellent resource for students and landscape architects.

This book is an EXCELLENT research and design tool, especially for landscape architecture students. The color photographs are incredible and numerous. Also there are HUNDREDS of simple to understand, wonderful illustrations. I find so much of the material helpful not only in guiding my design thought processes but also for use in presentations as well. Although I have many landscape architecture books, I find this is the one I go back to over and over again. I cannot emphasize enough how valuable it is too me and worth every cent it cost me. I truly believe that it should be a must for every future landscape architect.