Landscape as Inspiration

This text explores the elements of landscape design with clear, detailed drawings which convey the effect of formal, climatic, geological, textural and architectural botanical elements and their significance for the landscape designer. This study considers all the elements that go to make up the vocabulary of landscape architecture: hard landscape - pavings, squares, steps and walls; soft landscape - such as paths, tree planting and hedges, and the numerous devices - such as vistas, walkways and clearings, to be deployed. The ways in which water - lakes, pools, rills, cascades and canals - can be utilized to effect are also categorized clearly. Schaal sets out to relate historical methods of landscape design to contemporary ideas in art and design with a descriptive text that students, teachers and practitioners alike should find of direct practical value.