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European Landscape Architecture

This is an important new book about landscape con-

struction and good detailed design. It is not a book

of standard details in landscape architecture, nor

does it give the reader step-by-step instructions;

instead it highlights how important it is to consider

detail in the creative process, showing that good

practice in detailing is as integral to successful

design as an exciting concept or striking site plan.

Jens Balsby Nielsen was Associate Professor at the

University of Copenhagen from 1998–2005 where

his main subjects were landscape planning, manage-

ment, and landscape architectural detailing and con-

struction. In 2005 he became a landscape advisor in

the Danish Palaces and Properties Agency.

Torben Dam has been an Associate Professor at the

University of Copenhagen since 1993. Torben is the

author of books about garden design, quality stand-

ards and hard surfaces in landscape architecture. His

main areas of teaching and research are in detailing

and construction in landscape architecture.

The book features case studies of recent land-

scape architectural projects in nine European coun-

tries, including the Peace Garden in Sheffield, the

Harbour Park in Copenhagen, a motorway service

station in France, a guest house garden in Hungary,

a cemetery in Munich and the new Botanic Gardens

in Barcelona. Each project has been chosen for its

exemplary good practice in construction detailing

and is demonstrative of how a strong overall con-

cept can be expressed through well-designed detail

to create convincing design.

Ian Thompson is Reader in Landscape Architecture

at Newcastle University. A chartered landscape

architect and town-planner, he spent thirteen years

in practice before joining the teaching staff in the

School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape in

1992. He is editor of the international peer-reviewed

journal Landscape Research and the author of

several books including Ecology, Community and

Delight (Spon Press, 1999) which won a Landscape

Institute Award in 2001 and The Sun King’s Garden

(Bloomsbury, 2006), a narrative history of the crea-

tion of the gardens of Versailles.

European Landscape Architecture draws together

a team of leading professionals and academics in

the field of landscape architecture. The case stud-

ies are well-illustrated with photographs and many

original construction drawings running alongside

the text. This will be a valuable source book for

students and practitioners alike, as well as being

of interest to researchers with an interest in the

process of design.

First published 2007 by Routledge

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ISBN 0–203–62299–5 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN10 0-415-30736-8 (hbk)

ISBN10 0-415-30737-6 (pbk)

ISBN13 978-0-415-30736-9 (hbk)

ISBN13 978-0-415-30737-6 (pbk)

ISBN13 978-0-203-62299-5 (ebk)

European Landscape Architecture

Best practice in detailing

Edited by

Jens Balsby Nielsen, Torben Dam and Ian Thompson

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