Focusing on the design process, “Sketch Landscape” explores the sources, the influences and the reasoning behind the projects of today’s most recognised landscape architects. With its 500 fully illustrated pages, this book brings together the drawings, sketches, renderings and photographs of more than thirty prestigious international architects.
Photography in Oman: Photography and Islamic Culture
This book is a multipurpose study that comprises general photography, rules of Islamic and Traditional Culture regarding photography and some important directions for photographing natural and historical places in Oman. The purpose of indicating the Islamic and traditional culture rules, which is the main topic of this book is to indicate how to take pictures from the perspective of people from another culture (Islamic countries), and is to let professional experts know what can be photographed, how you photograph, what should be done by indicating both the opinions of scholars and members of these societies about photography. The other topic is a photographic aspect, it presents types and techniques related to general knowledge in photography both conventional and digital photography in the Oman environment as a second topic.The purpose concerning the directions (in chapter three) is to enable photographers to know the name of the places that they can visit for taking photographs of different subjects. I have combined these three topics in one book, to give you a good picture, which will help when planning to take images and, which will keep you away from problems that could occur if one is not familiar with the positive and negative points related to the topics indicated.
Landscaping with Native Plants of the Southwest
As the world heats up and we become more and more conscious of our place in the natural scheme, the appeal of the native plants of the Southwest becomes ever more compelling for gardeners. In addition to providing year-round beauty with relatively little maintenance, landscaping with native plants contributes to the repair of the natural ecosystem and brings us closer to our environment—and the array of native plant material available to the Southwestern gardener is diverse and spectacular, providing seemingly endless opportunities for creative and attractive landscapes.
In Landscaping with Native Plants of the Southwest, George Oxford Miller provides the definitive guide to choosing the best of the best among the native plants of Arizona and New Mexico. Covering wildflowers, shrubs, trees, vines, groundcovers, and cacti, this comprehensive, richly illustrated book selects the species whose ornamental qualities, growth habit, adaptability, maintenance needs, and beauty add up to the highest landscape value. The illustrations, maps, and charts provide guidelines for species selection and planting, ongoing maintenance, landscape design, and water and energy conservation. In-depth plant profiles describe the habitat requirements for more than 350 native plant species, subspecies, and varieties, with lush photographs illustrating how each plant looks and responds to landscape conditions.
As the interest in native-plant landscaping and xeriscaping continues to grow, this book will find a place on the shelf of every gardener and landscaper in the region—or of anybody interested in recreating the beauty of the Southwest in a hot, dry corner of the yard.
