Brick in the Landscape: A Practical Guide to Specification & Design

Brick in the Landscape: A Practical Guide to Specification & Design is a practical guide that offers informative and comprehensive information on one of the first manufactured building materials. Brick is still one of the most popular building materials throughout the world, and this book gives every reader the information they need in order to exploit brick's full potential through design work.

This text is the first and only complete guide to the properties, selection, use and installation of brick that has been written from the landscape architect's perspective. This book provides detailed coverage of all relevant technical aspects of brick. This includes properties and materials as well as finishes and bonds. The text also goes into classifications and shapes. This guide will familiarize all readers with bricklaying and masonry methods as well as techniques that are still viable to the trade.

This great resource book has more than 100 photographs to illustrate various building systems and innovative applications of brick through landscape design. The photos will awaken all readers to the nearly unlimited potential of brick used to enhance designs. This text is an indispensable tool for all landscape architects, landscape designers and architects to provide site planning services. 192 pages.

Brick in the Landscape: A Practical Guide to Specification & Design - Table of Contents:

• The Tradition of Brick
• Materials and Properties
• Applications
• Design Considerations
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Index