Trees for Architecture and Landscape

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John Wiley & Sons, Dec 12, 1994 - Architecture - 384 pages
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The definitive source on trees whose characteristics make them especially useful in relation to buildings and outdoor spaces, this beautiful, jargon-free book will appeal to homeowners as well as professionals. It contains full-page photographs of major species in both summer and winter.
 

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Contents

Chestnut Horse Aesculus hippocastanum baumanni 1819
18
Fullpage photographs of deciduous trees in winter and summer
77
Fullpage photographs of evergreen trees 83104
83
Some Practical Considerations
105
Protection of Existing Trees
111
On Buying Trees
122
Street Trees
137
Rooftop Planting
143
Ginkgo Maidenhair Tree Ginkgo biloba 2425
187
Linden Crimean Tilia euchlora 3233
194
Maple Japanese Acerpalmatum 4647
200
Oak White Quercus alba 5657
206
Sorrel Tree Sourwood Tree Andromeda Oxydendmm arboreum 6667
214
Tree Palette
231
Photographers
341
Indexes
347

Design Data
171
Cork Amur Phellodendron amurense 2021
181
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Trees for architecture and the landscape
Robert L. Zion
Snippet view - 1968
Trees for architecture and the landscape
Robert L. Zion
Snippet view - 1968
Trees for Architecture and Landscape
Robert L. Zion
No preview available - 1995

Common terms and phrases

Acer platanoides Beech Fagus sylvatica Birch Betula Black Locust Robinia Black Tupelo canadensis Cedar Junipems virginiana Cherry Pmnus sargenti Columnar Comus Crab Apple Crab Apple Malus Crataegus Dogwood Comus florida Eastern Red Cedar Elaeagnus angustifolia Elm Ulmus European Hornbeam European Hornbeam Carpinus fastigiata feet Flowering Dogwood Comus Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba Golden Rain Tree Gum Liquidambar styraciflua Hackberry Celtis Hawthorn species Crataegus Honey-Locust Gleditsia triacanthos Hornbeam Carpinus betulus Katsura Tree Linden Tilia Locust Robinia pseudoacacia Magnolia Magnolia soulangeana Maple Acer mbmm Maple Acer platanoides Mountain Ash Mountain Ash Sorbus nigra Norway Maple Norway Maple Acer Nyssa sylvatica Oak Quercus palustris Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia pendula Picea Pin Oak Quercus Platanus Plum Pmnus Poplar Populus alba Populus alba pruned Rain Tree Koelreuteria Red Cedar Junipems Red Maple Acer Russian Olive Elaeagnus Sargent Cherry Pmnus Serviceberry Sweet Gum Liquidambar Taxodium distichum Tree Koelreuteria paniculata Trees Classified Washington Hawthorn Crataegus Weeping Willow Salix White Poplar Populus

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About the author (1994)

Author Robert L. Zion is a legend in the field of landscape design, best known for his inspired and original landscape designs for the sculpture garden at the Museum of Modern Art, the Bamboo Garden at the IBM Corporate Headquarters, Bayfront Plaza in Corpus Christi, Paley Park in New York City, and countless award-winning residential landscapes in Los Angeles, Palm Beach, Princeton, and other communities worldwide. In 1984, his firm, Zion & Breen Associates, was chosen by the National Park Service to restore the landscape of The Statue of Liberty. Mr. Zion was recently awarded the Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

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TitleTrees for Architecture and Landscape
Landscape Architecture Series
AuthorRobert L. Zion
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 1994
ISBN0471285242, 9780471285243
Length384 pages
Subjects › 

Architecture / General
Architecture / Landscape
  
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