Landscape Design Art: Design Section

Author: Gu Xiaoling
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: This book is suitable for students and teachers of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, and environmental design at universities and colleges, as well as professionals engaged in landscape design. The author, with over a decade of experience studying and working in Japan, systematically discusses the theory and practice of landscape design from an artistic perspective. The book is divided into two volumes: "The Design Volume" and "The Plant Volume." The "Design Volume" focuses on the integration of art and science in landscape design principles, scientifically elucidating the aesthetic principles of landscape design. It employs an analytical and decompositional approach to explain the entire process of landscape design, comprehensively introducing the aesthetic forms and design methods from various angles. The book is rich in colorful materials on landscape design, with illustrations and text complementing each other. Among them, the painting section is particularly valuable in today's trend of favoring computer-generated drawings over hand-drawn ones. The "Plant Volume" primarily introduces approximately 400 common plants, with detailed descriptions of their characteristics for each plant, including full-body and close-up illustrations. This facilitates identification and application of plants by designers and professionals in related fields, making it a reference book for landscape designers. This book is suitable for students and teachers of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, environmental design at universities and colleges, as well as professionals engaged in landscape design.