30 Trees : : And Why Landscape Architects Love Them / / ed. by Ron Henderson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2024 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Adib, Morteza,; Barri, Jordi,; Bennani, Mounia,; Bertolino, Mónica,; Bilbao, Ernesto,; Burkholder, Sean,; Camarena Berruecos, Pedro,; Elkin, Rosetta S.,; Gustavsson, Roland,; Hecht, Romy,; Henderson, Ron,; Hilderbrand, Gary,; Ivers, Cannon,; Likitswat, Fa,; Lin, Yifeng,; Longo, Antonio,; Lutsky, Karen,; Mitani, Toru,; Mossop, Elizabeth,; Ng, Leonard,; Nichol, Shannon,; Olin, Laurie,; Omi, Aki,; Rodríguez, Abel,; Rovira, Roberto J.,; Schjetnan, Mario,; Sá Antunes Costa, Lucia Maria,; Tabacow, José,; Todd, Andrew,; Vanucchi, Jamie,; Vargas Hidalgo, José,; Villalobos H., Maria A.,; Vogt, Günther,; Víquez Azofeifa, Dana,; Wiggins, Story,; Yousefi, Maryam,
• HerausgeberIn: Henderson, Ron,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2023]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)

30 Trees presents the favorite trees of 30 internationally renowned landscape architects. In each case, the designers describe the characteristics that represent the essence of the selected tree, the designed landscapes they associate with it, and how it was used in completed projects. These persona...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Inspiration: The Tree of Life and Abundance
• Designing with Trees
• A Feral Forest
• Clumps—Compact Places over Time
• One Tree, Row, Two Trees, Allée, Grid, Hedge, Clump, Woods
• Increments of Time in Japanese Cherry Blossoms
• 30 Trees
• Acer macrophyllum
• Aesculus hippocastanum
• Betula pendula
• Bursera simaruba
• Ceiba pentandra
• Cercidiphyllum japonicum
• Cupressus sempervirens
• Cyrtophyllum fragrans
• Ficus carica
• Ficus macrophylla
• Gleditsia triacanthos
• Handroanthus serratifolius
• Liquidambar styraciflua
• Mauritia flexuosa
• Pinus pinea
• Pinus thunbergii
• Platanus ×acerifolia
• Plinia cauliflora
• Populus alba
• Populus deltoides
• Populus nigra var. italica
• Psidium friedrichsthalianum
• Quercus agrifolia
• Quercus deserticola
• Robinia pseudoacacia
• Samanea saman
• Schinus molle
• Theobroma cacao
• Tipuana tipu
• Triadica sebifera
• Tree Index
• Image Credits
• Acknowledgments