| Description |
xiii, 434 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The Typical Residential Site -- Ch. 2. Outdoor Rooms -- Ch. 3. Design Process -- Ch. 4. Meeting the Clients -- Ch. 5. Site Measuring and Base Map Preparation -- Ch. 6. Site Study and Design Program -- Ch. 7. Functional Diagrams -- Ch. 8. Preliminary Design and Design Principles -- Ch. 9. Form Composition -- Ch. 10. Spatial Composition -- Ch. 11. Material Composition and Master Plan -- Ch. 12. Environmentally Responsive Design -- Ch. 13. Architecturally Responsive Design |
| Summary |
This revision presents the functional and artistic elements of residential site design. It presents the basic principles, concepts, and procedures for preparing site plans and associated documents. This book is unique in that it actually illustrates and discusses procedures and actual practices of site designs, and the second edition includes the development of alternative designs at various levels of design |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Architecture, Domestic.
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Homesites -- Planning.
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Landscape architecture.
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| Author |
Hiss, James E.
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| LC no. |
98011189 |
| ISBN |
0136320198 |
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