The Architecture of Trees

The Architecture of Trees
Author: Cesare Leonardi,Franca Stagi
Publsiher: Princeton Architectural Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1616898062

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"Any landscape architect worth their soil should pick up The Architecture of Trees, an all-encompassing atlas of all things tree-related."—The Architect's Newspaper Gorgeous, large format volume shows each hand-drawn illustration in stunning detail. The Architecture of Trees is the result of over twenty years of dedicated study by landscape architects Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi. This new edition preserves the original magnificent illustrations and text, translated into English for the first time. Features more than 550 exquisite quill-pen drawings. Each of the 212 tree species are drawn to a scale of 1:100, with and without foliage. Complete with tables of seasonal color variation and projections of shadows cast during the hours of daylight and season by season, no other book contains such detailed and scientific drawings of trees. A legendary and unsurpassed botanical masterwork. Considered a standard in many landscape architecture firms, the drawings, essays, and detailed charts are essential for large scale landscaping projects and a helpful tool for backyard renovations. Landscape designers will think in new ways about the effect of seasons and the time of day on trees, and anyone interested in nature and trees will be captivated by the stunning illustrations. "This book could be considered the Bible for tree lovers."—Western Art & Architecture

Trees for Architecture and Landscape

Trees for Architecture and Landscape
Author: Robert L. Zion
Publsiher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 398
Release: 1994-12-13
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0471285242

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The definitive source on trees whose characteristics make them especially useful in relation to buildings and outdoor spaces, this beautiful, jargon-free book will appeal to homeowners as well as professionals. It contains full-page photographs of major species in both summer and winter.

Tropical Trees and Forests

Tropical Trees and Forests
Author: F. Halle,R.A.A. Oldeman,P.B. Tomlinson
Publsiher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783642811906

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The Book of Trees

The Book of Trees
Author: Manuel Lima
Publsiher: Princeton Architectural Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1616892188

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Our critically acclaimed bestseller Visual Complexity was the first in-depth examination of the burgeoning field of information visualization. Particularly noteworthy are the numerous historical examples of past efforts to make sense of complex systems of information. In this new companion volume, The Book of Trees, data viz expert Manuel Lima examines the more than eight hundred year history of the tree diagram, from its roots in the illuminated manuscripts of medieval monasteries to its current resurgence as an elegant means of visualization. Lima presents two hundred intricately detailed tree diagram illustrations on a remarkable variety of subjects—from some of the earliest known examples from ancient Mesopotamia to the manuscripts of medieval monasteries to contributions by leading contemporary designers. A timeline of capsule biographies on key figures in the development of the tree diagram rounds out this one-of-a-kind visual compendium.

The Artistic Anatomy of Trees Their Structure Treatment in Painting

The Artistic Anatomy of Trees  Their Structure   Treatment in Painting
Author: Rex V. Cole
Publsiher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1965-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0486214753

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Examines the scientific development of trees, branches, and flowers, and describes methods of capturing their vitality in paintings and sketches

Tree Gardens

Tree Gardens
Author: Gina Crandell
Publsiher: Princeton Architectural Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-03-12
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1616891211

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From their early use as protective shelter to the felling of thousands of trees to harvest wood and create farmland, to more recent attempts at conservation, trees remain one of mankind's greatest resources. But aside from their purely practical uses, trees are appreciated for their beauty and have long served as important elements in designed landscapes. Tree Gardens is the first book to focus on what author Gina Crandell calls the "largest living architectural structures"—masses of trees that form expressive spaces on sites all over the world. Each case study—from the grand park at Versailles, to New York City's 9/11 Memorial Forest—explains how the scale, context, species, and spacing of trees on a particular site establish its expressive structure. Featuring engaging text and beautiful images, this much-needed book combines useful how-to aspects of tree planting with theoretical discourse on tree garden design and will be an important resource for students, landscape architects, and horticulturists alike.

Bark Anatomy of Trees and Shrubs in the Temperate Northern Hemisphere

Bark Anatomy of Trees and Shrubs in the Temperate Northern Hemisphere
Author: Fritz H. Schweingruber,Peter Steiger,Annett Börner
Publsiher: Springer
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2019-04-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783030140564

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This book presents the microscopic and macroscopic bark structure of more than 180 different tree and shrub species from Europe, Asia and North America. It is the first compendium to demonstrate the anatomical variability in bark since almost 70 years (Holdheide 1951). The introductory chapter explains with high-quality microphotographs the anatomical traits most important for identification and ecological interpretation of barks, and the monographic part demonstrates in text and pictures the species-specific patterns. The species treatments are grouped by their main biomes. Each species description first characterizes the macroscopic aspects with its main form, features and habitat with text and pictures of the whole plant and the barks in a young and old stage. This is followed by the microscopical description of each species. The microscopic photographs are based on double-stained slides, revealing the quality and distribution of unlignified and lignified tissues in low and high magnification. The book fills a scientific gap: Archeologists and soil scientists want to identify prehistoric and historical remnants. Ecophysiologists are interested in the distribution of conducting and non-conducting tissues in the phloem and xylem along the stem axis and the internal longevity of cells. Ecologists get information about internal defense mechanisms and technologists are enabled to recognize indicators relevant in biophysics and technology.

Six Million Trees

Six Million Trees
Author: KRISTEL. DERKOWSKI
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2018-02-23
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 1772441228

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Six Million Trees is an extraordinary memoir of what it's like to work as a tree planter, replanting the clear-cut forests of northern Ontario, Manitoba and the Maritimes. In equal parts bleak yet funny, and always brutally realistic, Six Million Trees follows the author and her companions as they battle blackflies, blizzards, and broken bones, through isolation, desperation, solidarity and healing. Derkowski first became a tree planter because of the money, but returned to the bush again and again because of something else she found -- a sense of meaning beyond the cookie-cutter conformity of modern life.