Landscape Construction

Catherine Fortlage is Principal of Architectural Systems Consultants and was formerly a lecturer in Systematic Design at Heriot-Watt Faculty of Environmental Studies, Edinburgh

• List of Figures, List of Plates, Foreword, Introduction to Volume 3, 1. Earth retaining structures, 2. Structures integral with the soil, 3. Gravity and monolithic walls, 4. Earth retaining structures independent of the soil, 5. Water retaining construction, 6. Lakes and ponds, 7. Embankments and water control, 8. Watercourses and water supply, 9. Ornamental pools and water features Glossary of terms used in Landscape Construction (earth and water retaining structures), Appendix 1: Calculations for brick retaining walls, Appendix 2: Sulphate and concrete, Appendix 3: Site survey and constraints, Index

'The text is well written, a good mixture of technical and background narrative, interspersed with well tabulated technical detail. The series provides an immediate source of information and its strength is to provide the theoretical checks when developing ideas.' The Horticulturist