did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

We're the #1 textbook rental company. Let us show you why.

9780070271036

Garden and Climate

by
  • ISBN13:

    9780070271036

  • ISBN10:

    0070271038

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-03-19
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
  • Purchase Benefits
  • Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping On Orders Over $35!
    Your order must be $35 or more to qualify for free economy shipping. Bulk sales, PO's, Marketplace items, eBooks and apparel do not qualify for this offer.
  • eCampus.com Logo Get Rewarded for Ordering Your Textbooks! Enroll Now
  • Write a Review Icon Write a Review
List Price: $45.56

Summary

Reveals how gardens conserve the environment and bring comfort and pleasure. Author examines elements such as grottos, terraces, courtyards, water devices, tunnels, walks, natural shade, air flow, trapping heat, light , and more to bridge the gap between ancient wisdom and current needs of a society facing a need for sustainable climate control.

Author Biography

CHIP SULLIVAN is a landscape architect, artist, and associate professor in the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley. His work has been widely exhibited, and he has written extensively for professional landscape architecture publications. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in landscape architecture, and urban design and regional planning, from the University of Florida, and for 10 years, he worked with Sasaki Associates in Miami. In 1984-1985, he was the recipient of a prestigious Rome Prize Fellowship. His book Drawing the Landscape, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, is now in its second edition.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Acknowledgments

BOOK I: EARTH

Postulate I: Earth Seats

Postulate II: Grottoes

Postulate III: Subterranean Rooms

Postulate IV: Cyrptoportici

Postulate V: Boscoes

Postulate VI: Pineta

Garden Prototype I: The Garden of Bacchus

BOOK II: FIRE

Postulate I: Hot Seats

Postulate II: Warm Walks

Postulate III: Sunlit Terraces

Postulate IV: Warm Loggias

Postulate V: Courtyards

Postulate VI: Giardini Segreti (Secret Gardens)

Postulate VII: Liminaias (Warm Rooms)

Garden Prototype II: The Garden of the Phoenix

Notes

BOOK III: AIR

Postulate I: Cool Seats

Postulate II: Cool Walks

Postulate III: Shaddy Tunnels and Pruned Walks

Postulate IV: Arbors and Pergolas

Postulate V: Garden Pavilions and Summerhouses

Postulate VI: Interior Porches and Cool Rooms

Garden Prototype III: The Garden of Juno

BOOK IV: WATER

Postulate I: Water Catchment Devices and Irrigation Methods

Postulate II: Placid Water Devices

Postulate III: Active Water Devices

Postulate IV: Aerated Water Devices

Postulate V: Wet Walks

Postulate VI: Water jokes

The Garden of Neptune

Notes

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

Rewards Program