TY - GEN AU - Holden, Robert AU - Liversedge, Jamie TI - Construction for landscape architecture SN - 9781856697088 U1 - 712 PY - 2011/// CY - London PB - Laurence King Publishing KW - N1 - CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 6 GENERAL PRINCIPALS 16 PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS 18 PRINCIPLES OF ASSEMBLY 24 BUILDING MATERIALS 28 STONE 30 CONCRETE 40 BRICK 51 METALS 64 LUMBER 74 GLASS 84 POLYMERS (PLASTICS AND RUBBER) 89 EARTH, TURF AND NON-CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS 95 ELEMENTS 98 EARTHWORKS AND TOPSOIL IN RELATION TO STRUCTURES 100 RETAINING STRUCTURES 114 WALLS 131 PAVING 144 DEALING WITH WATER 164 ASSEMBLY 180 FASTENERS AND CONNECTIONS 182 LUMBER FIXINGS 182 METAL FIXINGS 192 PLASTICS 195 PROTECTION AND FINISHES 196 PAINTS 198 PROTECTION OF METALS 200 PROTECTION OF LUMBER 202 PROTECTION OF MASONRY 206 ENDNOTES 208 GLOSSARY 210 FURTHER READING 222 USEFUL WEBSITES 224 APPENDIX OF TABLES 225 INDEX 234 PICTURE CREDITS 239 AUTHOR'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 240 ER -