Visual Design Elements of Landscape (Foreign Landscape Design Series)

Author: Bell
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This book includes four parts, with the first three parts covering the basic principles of visual design: fundamental elements, variables, and organization, while the fourth part focuses on case studies. The first three parts define and discuss all the fundamental elements that compose the landscape, each of which can vary in multiple ways, and they can also be organized into various patterns. It comprehensively describes the patterns found in existing landscapes or generates new visual design patterns. The purpose of this book is to enable architects, landscape architects, and urban planners to not only organize elements into visually pleasing arrangements when designing landscapes but also to achieve a balance between functionality, cost, and aesthetics. It aims to discuss and apply these visual design principles in a reasonable, structured manner and to apply them to urban artificial environments. This book is suitable for architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and students and faculty in related fields.