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With over 400 illustrated examples of the best plant combinations for summer landscape color, Plant Combinations for Your Landscape contains analysis of the each grouping, explaining how each one works, why it is effective, and what readers need to do to keep the plants flourishing.

Suggestions for many alternative plant pairings allow readers to create thousands of the most imaginative and visually effective planting combinations available.

During the last 50 years, the plastic industry has grown at an incredible pace until becoming part of nearly all the areas of human activity. Plastic materials moreover have made practically any architectural solution affordable to all. This book contains dozens of examples and architectural projects which have used plastic in one or various of their features: walls, illumination, roofs, facades, furniture...The examples featured cover practically all the possible applications of plastic materials in contemporary architecture. An index of contact information of the designer and architects is enclosed.

A wide-ranging selection of imaginative solutions in playground design, programs which combine the needs of creating an entertaining environment on the one hand and, on the other, providing an aesthetically pleasing public space, while also ensuring that the necessary safety requirements are met. Included are the design components (surface materials, different types of swings and slides, climbing equipment) as well as the functional considerations (different types of activities for different age groups, for example). With attractive full-color photographs and thorough explanations, this is a unique and complete source of inspiration for the design professional and student alike.

- Includes examples of dozens of award-winning playgrounds from all over
- Featuring chapters dedicated to every aspect of designing a playground
- The most thoroughly-documented guide to designing a playground availa

About the Author:

Carles Broto, an architecture scholar and one of the founders of the IAC (institute for alternative culture). Following a successful period at the Atrium Group (Barcelona), he has now joined Grupo Links - Structure as the publishing director of various contemporary architecture collections. He is currently investigating the evolution of new American housing, as part of a multi-country project. He lives in Barcelona

Creative Homeowner helps turn a dream into a reality with the third-edition Pools & Spas: Planning, Designing, Maintaining, and Landscaping. This book offers ideas and advice, from pool/spa selection to creating an attractive environment through the complete maintenance process. Over 400 inviting color photos and illustrations show the many options, from infinity-edge pools to indoor swim spas and from built-ins to attractive aboveground pools. Valuable advice is included on site selection, materials, financing, and more. As the crowning touch, Pools & Spas suggests ideas to create the ideal setting for the new pool or spa using decks, patios, and landscapes.

- Over 350 full-color photographs that convey current design ideas

- 100 NEW pages of pool and spa designs

- 53 full-color illustrations

- Explains how to choose a pool or spa based on lifestyle as well as location

- Prepares homeowners for the construction and installation process

- Offers ideas for decking and landscaping around a pool or spa

- Covers planning issues such as budgeting, financing, hiring a contractor, and site selection

- Provides helpful advice concerning pool- and spa-related equipment

- Covers pool and spa maintenance, including “green” alternatives

- Resource Guide with most-recent pool products

- Comprehensive cross-referenced index and glossary with important technical terms

This book offers ideas and advice through the complete process from pool selection to creating an attractive environment. Over 300 inviting color photos illustrate the many options from infinity-edge pools to attractive garden pools. Valuable advice is included on site selection, materials, financing, and more. As the crowning touch, "Pools & Gardens" suggests ideas to create the ideal setting for the new pool and garden using decks, patios, and landscapes.

 - Provides a comprehensive look at different pool-design strategies, engineering concepts and landscape designs
 - Will appeal to landscape designers, architects and home builders looking for new ideas in pool architecture and other landscaping concepts
 - Features high-quality photography of projects from around the world, from sprawling estates to compact inner-city courtyards. Each project will be accompanied by detailed narratives, under the general umbrella themes of Modern, Natural, Rustic, and Indoor styles
 - Stands out from the competition as a comprehensive reference title as well as a visually stunning pictorial guide of pool trends. The book will include detailed floor plans in relation to building structures, information on the pool builders, or the manufacturers of the pool's various technical systems, measures, materials and explanations on how the pool systems work

The pool is an aspirational motif that recurs across the history of residential architecture, no matter which era or location. From the impressive palace baths of Europe and the magnificent pools of luxurious mansions and country estates, to the stylish and contemporary designer terraces and the humble, tucked away inner-city courtyards of the average home in all structures the themes of style, engineering, and design are standard.

In Pools: Design and Form with Water, renowned photographer Miquel Tres spectacular full-colour images and detailed narratives showcase a wide selection of pool designs from around the world. This book features a multitude of examples in a wide range of styles: natural chemical-free pools with purifying systems; rustic pools which use local materials and natural depuration methods in sometimes rural settings; contemporary dazzlers and designer pools for interior and exterior spaces, including illuminated designs and other modern features.

Pools will help the aspiring landscape or interior designer to determine the latest trends and to consider strong garden contexts and landscape planning, outdoor pool-site plans, materials and furniture.

About the Author:

Miquel Tres is a travel photographer who more recently has specialized in interior design and garden photography. He has travelled extensively since 1999, taking images of private residences, landmark buildings, public and private gardens, swimming pools, sports facilities and wellness resorts. He has published many books on gardens and architecture. His images are published regularly in Spanish, Italian, German, French and English magazines.

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Published to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the opening of Portmeirion. The first book to concentrate on all aspects of Portmeirion, the village, the gardens and the pottery.

200 color photographs and 25 plans

Nancy Power is to landscape what Frank Gehry is to architecture, or Bunny Williams to interiors - a master, a visionary, a seasoned professional at the very pinnacle of her craft. The designs Power creates - whether for parklands, playgrounds, or private sanctuaries - reflect the meticulous attention she pays to each place’s particularity and to the desires and living patterns of those who will use and enjoy her gardens.
From residential gardens in Beverly Hills and Malibu to street planning for downtown Los Angeles and play zones for the Pasadena Children’s Museum, the selection of Power’s work in this beautiful book reveals her multidimensional aesthetic. Her approach can range from the lavishly leafy to the meditatively restrained, from the comfortably homey to the superlatively (though always quirkily) formal. But no matter what the look, no matter who the client, each of her projects reminds us of the power that gardens have to refresh the body, center the mind, and liberate the spirit.

About the author
Nancy Goslee Power is a celebrated garden designer based in Santa Monica, California. She has spent the last 30 years in the field of design, first as an interior designer in New York, then as West Coast editor for House Beautiful and as contributing editor to Food & Wine. For the last twenty years, she has been passionately involved in garden design. Her firm, Nancy Goslee Power & Associates, has designed countless private landscapes in the United States, Australia, France, and Germany.

A comprehensive practical guide to creating a garden that suits your needs, personality and budget. Packed with advice, ideas, hints and tips on designing and adapting your garden plans as well as practical considerations for dealing with difficult sites.

Private country paradises boasting remarkable plant palettes and combinations

Garden design expert Jack Staub presents more than twenty beautiful and sumptuous private country gardens in Virginia, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts.

From a romantic garden with cottagey plantings that pays homage to the best of English garden vernacular to a splendid Eden of Maryland countryside meets Himalayan serenity, these garden paradises stand alone on their own terms but offer us examples of what we can all achieve with a modicum of respect, partnership and imagination.

Sweeping, voluptuous, and authoritative, Private Paradise instantly joins an elite collection of great and inspiring garden design books. Charlotte Frieze presents forty-one cutting-edge gardens, all richly photographed and profusely illustrated, emphasizing design, climate, and horticulture.

Overarching themes of Aqua, Arcadia, Bold Geometry, Color, Nightscapes, Oasis, Sanctuary, and Urban cogently frame chapters about the challenges presented by the land, the climate, and the client’s interests. Located throughout the United States, these gardens demonstrate the intersection between traditional elements of garden design and current concerns such as sustainability, drought tolerance, and use of native plants.

Private Paradise features the work of the most talented landscape architects and garden designers working in the United States today, including Topher Delaney, Marta Fry, Kathryn Gustafson, Raymond Jungles, Steve Koch, Ron Lutsko, Steve Martino, Pamela Palmer, Ken Smith, Christine Ten Eyck, and Thomas Wolz. In a publication that rightfully takes its place on the sturdy foundation of a century’s worth of garden surveys and design monographs, Private Paradise creates a compelling portrait of contemporary landscape design.

Over the centuries the outstanding beauty and distinction of Provence has attracted illustrious residents including many famous writers and artists. Today several contemporary artists have homes in Provence and many of them have applied their artistic sensibilities to the storied landscape to create exquisite gardens. Provence Artists' Gardens presents twenty-one resplendent gardens styled by the adept minds and hands of artists. Their gardens take many forms: Jean Claude Farhi and Bernar Venet have created sculpture parks filled with massive abstract works; sculptural silhouettes by Sacha Sosno converse with their surroundings finding their ideal setting in the verdant landscape; assemblages created by Arman seem to grow along with the palms and evergreens encircling his house; Dominique Lafourcade has designed a classic garden with rigid lines and geometric hedges. Specially commissioned photographs by Mario Ciampi capture the captivating atmosphere of each garden. Most of the gardens shown have not been published before. Text by art historian Julia Droste-Hennings traces the course of each artist’s career and explores the personal relationship each artist has with their outdoor creations. The gardens presented in this book will undoubtedly inspire amateur and professional gardeners alike.

Evocative and engaging, this glorious book is an exciting showcase and an original source of gardening inspiration – over twenty Provençal gardens styled by the minds and hands of artists.

• Jean-Claude Farhi and Bernar Venet have created sculpture parks with massive abstract works
• Sculptural silhouettes by Sacha Sosno frame their own landscape
• Assemblages created by Arman seem to grow along with the palms encircling his house
• Dominique Lafourcade has designed spaces that take inspiration from classic Italian gardens with geometric lines and hedges.

Droste-Hennings’s text traces the course of each artist’s career and explores the personal relationship each has with their creations.