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Title:
Walls : elements of garden and landscape architecture
Uniform Title:
Mauern. English
Personal Author:
Mader, Gunter
Publication Information:
New York, NY. : W.W. Norton & Co., 2011
Physical Description:
136 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
ISBN:
9780393732948
General Note:
Translation of: Mauern : Elemente der Garten-und Landschaftsarchitektur
Subject Term:
Walls

Garden structures
Added Author:
Zimmermann, Elke

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Summary

Summary

Walls are fundamental elements of garden and landscape architecture, defining borders, creating spaces, and providing protection. This book, organized by construction method, construction materials, and type of finish, introduces the rich design potential of this structural element, from traditional dry walls to works of land art.


Author Notes

Architect Günter Mader lives in Ettlingen, Germany.

Elke Zimmermann , a landscape gardening engineer, lives in Itzlings, Germany.


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Choice Review

First published in German in 2008, this work is the second in these two authors' series of visually inspiring guides to the design potential inherent in the most fundamental architectural elements of garden and landscape design. Like the earlier Zaune und Tore aus Hulz und Metall (2006), Walls is a comprehensive, luxuriously illustrated design manual organized by construction type, material, and structural or finish variations. In straightforward prose, the authors provide practical planning guidelines, design advice, definitions of terms, and frequent references to specific international design and building standards for each wall type, supporting these with structural diagrams and visual glossaries. These features alone make the book an indispensable primer for students of landscape design. The photographs, however, elevate Walls to the level of designer's necessity. Every wall type, function, material, and finish is modeled by examples drawn from across the spectrum of ancient and traditional to bleeding-edge contemporary land art installations. While both authors are landscape designers/engineers, architect Mader is also a well-regarded garden historian (The English Formal Garden, with L. Neubert-Mader, 1997; Gartenkunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, 1999; Geschichte der Gartenkunst: Streifzuge durch vier Jahrtausende, 2006) and frequent contributor to European garden and landscape journals. Summing Up: Essential. Lower- and upper-level undergraduates, practitioners, and general audience. K. S. Edwards Clemson University