Green Roof Systems
A Guide to the Planning, Design and Construction of Building
Over Structure
Susan Weiler, Olin Parternship, Philadelphia, PA and Katrin Scholz-Barth, Katrin Scholz-Barth
Consulting, Washington, D.C.
WHY TO BUY
The single reference for designers that offers substantive and technical
information on intensive and extensive roofing systems, their components
and their applications.
Author biography
INFORMATION
• Susan K. Weiler, ASLA • Hometown - Philadelphia, PA
• Partner in the Olin Partnership, a landscape architecture and urban design firm based in Philadelphia, PA.
• Earned her MLA at the University of Pennsylvania.
• Worked with Temple University to develop its landscape engineering and construction curriculum.
• Teaches Landscape Architecture at Temple University, and the University of Pennsylvania. • Received a 2003 Green Roof Award of Excellence.
• Katrin Scholz-Barth is a consultant based in Washington DC.
• Earned her MS in civil/environmental engineering at the University of Rostock in Germany.
• Former director of sustainable design for the HOK Planning Group, a business unit of The HOK Group Inc.
• A national expert in green roof technology and leads efforts in ecological planning and design.
• Recipient of a 2003 Green Roof Award of Excellence.
ISBN10: 0-471-67495-8
ISBN13: 978-0-471-67495-5
In Store Date: June 12, 2006
Publication Date: June 30, 2006
Price: US$ 75.00
Subject: (AR50) Landscape Design
Field: ARGD00 (Architecture and Design)
Discipline: ARX000 (Architecture)
Subdiscipline: ARX100 (Architecture)
Course: AR0450 (Landscape Architecture & Design)
Product Line: (Z1)
Architecture/Engineering
Discount Group: (4P) Professional(PL: BFHKRUZ,ISY3)
Bookstore Category: (ARC008000) ARCHITECTURE/Landscape
Editor: (159) Cummins, M.
Marketing Manager: (44) Mayhew, Justin
Publisher: (Z1) Amanda Miller
EAN: 9780471674955
UPC: 723812691050
Market Restrictions: World Rights
Rights: Full Rights: Audio,
Anthology/Condensed, Book Club, All Electronic, Translation, 2nd Serial, Mail Order, 1st Serial, Reprint, Merchandising, TV/Film;
Sales handles
• Addresses the increasingly important topic of "green roofs" from a technical perspective • Combines coverage of urban design and planning issues, engineering and architectural
considerations, soil sciences, urban horticulture and watershed management with design and technology
• Offers step by step alternatives to create healthy and functional landscapes that
ecologically enrich urban areas and protect watersheds, while serving as infrastructures and accessible public spaces
• Offers information about the process of planning and constructing these systems, but focuses on the technical aspects of the components including stormwater management, relationship between the building and the site, structural and sub-surface systems, site elements, planting and paving systems, and waterproofing
About the topic/technology
Green Roof Systems
A Guide to the Planning, Design and Construction of Building Over
Structure
Susan Weiler and Katrin Scholz-Barth
As our cities become more crowded, the air more polluted, and our energy and sewage systems more antiquated, landscape architects and architects are increasingly required to design public space over existing or planned structures.
Market description
(Please include secondary markets)Landscape Architects, Architects, Landscape Designers, Landscape Contractors, Local Government Officials, Urban Planners and Designers, Land Developers, Civil Engineers.
About the book
This is a guide to soil design and specifications that offers landscape architects and other designers the information needed to ensure the success of designs over the long term by providing the proper physical and chemical support for the plant pallet. The content of the book will follow standard landscape architect stages of project evolution. There will be five chapters and a brief introduction to soils including, Introduction, Design Concept Phase, Site Investigation, Design Documents, Construction Documents, and
Construction Administration.
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