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| Roof Gardens: History, Design, and Construction (Norton Books for Architects & Designers) | 
| Author: Theodore H. Osmundson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
List Price: $75.00
Buy New: $46.10
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 63819
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 318
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.8 x 1.3
ISBN: 0393730123
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.9671
EAN: 9780393730128
ASIN: 0393730123
Publication Date: November 1997
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Product Description
A comprehensive introduction to roof gardens, this book also includes a history of roof gardens. It summarizes contemporary design principles, details the techniques used in constructing durable and safe gardens, and gives guidelines for the selection of plants, planting procedures, and maintenance. The book shows 60 major gardening projects from around the world in colour. It aims to provide an important resource for garden designers and planners.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Greener on Top May 13, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this book thinking in learn everything about green roofs, and realy, this is the bible. The book have history informations, projects, practical construction information, project details, informations about benefits and possible problems. But there isnt specific scientific or data informations. It is a very complete introduction book in using green in the roofs, but i needed more...
 green roofs January 4, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book could be written only by someone who has a large experience
and an enhusiastic approach not only to landscape architecture, but also to all elements needed to complete such project, as the roof garden. Roof gardens do not only mean "plants on the roof", they are result of many other 'bits and pieces'. For those who want to find a reason why and how to build or design an roof garden, and have a studious approach to what they intend do, this book is to be recomended by all means.
Greenroofs.com Recommends the Standard of Roof Garden Design December 8, 2001
32 out of 34 found this review helpful
Greenroofs.com inaugurates our new Recommended Readings column with this highly informative reference standard for roof garden aficionados and design professionals alike. While Roof Gardens is clearly focused on the more traditional concept and practice of creating aesthetically pleasing garden space on flat roofs, Mr. Osmundson does address greenroof technology and the industry's advances in the field. In particular, the German market is credited for testing and developing highly effective yet lightweight greenroof components and systems, and case studies are presented.
The veteran landscape architect shares his practical expertise of roof garden design, research and travel, and the richly illustrated hardcover book is full of photos, plans and construction details of sixty projects in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. Roof Gardens also offers a historical perspective and advice on site considerations, design elements, maintenance, and appendices of useful data and sources of supply and information.
Rooftop landscape architecture promises to greatly beautify our environment by greening our buildings. We highly recommend this easy to understand, invaluable reference for anyone interested learning about in-depth roof garden design and construction, from homeowner to city planner.
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