Rooftop garden design /
Green roofs, the ultimate in sustainable building practices, continue to generate enormous interest and enthusiasm among architects, landscape designers and urban planners. This richly illustrated book provides a comprehensive guide to contemporary trends in rooftop garden design, and provides defin...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Mulgrave, Victoria :
Images Publishing Group,
2015.
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| Summary: | Green roofs, the ultimate in sustainable building practices, continue to generate enormous interest and enthusiasm among architects, landscape designers and urban planners. This richly illustrated book provides a comprehensive guide to contemporary trends in rooftop garden design, and provides definitive theory and design industry knowledge. The designers of the project case studies are leaders in their fields, and are drawn from across Australia, Chile, China, Europe, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Scandinavia, Thailand, United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam. The designers provide details on the benefits of their rooftop gardens, offering readers profound inspiration and informative reviews of the work, design considerations, operation and maintenance. This book is essential for anyone working or studying in the rooftop construction, environmental landscape and design fields. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 223 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781864706468 1864706465 |