Brick Landscape (Series of Overseas Landscape Design)

Author: (USA) Rob W. Sowinski
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Bricks have always been one of the most widely used building materials. Its traditional use in artificial environments—buildings and landscapes—deserves to be considered as a rich, versatile, and durable construction material. This book primarily discusses bricks as functional and design elements in landscape design. It provides the necessary information for your design work in developing all potential performance aspects of bricks. It is the book, and the only one, that offers a comprehensive guide on brick performance, use, selection, and masonry from the perspective of landscape architects. It thoroughly and detailedly covers all technical aspects related to bricks, including materials and characteristics, finishes and joints, classification and shapes. It also familiarizes you with common bricklaying and masonry construction methods and techniques, including countless forgotten but still viable techniques. This technical information can not only help architects, landscape designers, and urban planners in landscape design but also inspire their thought processes, enabling them to achieve high-quality brick masonry design and construction in their built landscapes. The book also provides a highly practical and concise appendix. The appendix includes metric conversion standards for masonry construction, a list of technical support resources, and a glossary of brick terminology. Thus, this book is a technical reference guide that will undoubtedly become an invaluable tool for architects, landscape designers, and urban planners in their practice. This book is suitable for architects, landscape designers, and urban planners.