Research Catalog

Title

Environmental interiorscapes : a designer's guide to interior plantscaping and automated irrigation systems / Stuart D. Snyder.

Author

Snyder, Stuart D., 1932-

Publication

New York : Whitney Library of Design, 1995.

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Description

304 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

• As the public grows increasingly aware of sick building syndrome and other building-related illnesses, design professionals search for practical solutions to the problems. Environmental Interiorscapes is a comprehensive designer's manual for achieving healthy, beautiful, and highly functional interiors through the use of plants and state-of-the-art biotechnology.
• Evoking the green spirit of design in the nineties, Environmental Interiorscapes discusses the many beneficial applications of plants in interiorscaping, beginning with their usefulness as air purifiers and ending with micro-irrigation systems to support them. Many varieties of plants for homes, offices, hotels, and commercial spaces are discussed, as are the methods for their maintenance.
• Detailed instructions show the designer how to design, install, and manage technologically advanced interior automated irrigation systems in different building types. Useful appendixes list plant types and their preferred conditions, illustrate interiorscaping materials, and compile lists of sources and suppliers.
• . Fully illustrated with photographs and drawings, Environmental Interiorscapes is an indispensable tool for interior designers, architects, landscape architects, and other professionals working in the building industry.

Subjects

• Buildings > Irrigation > Automation
• Plants as sanitary agents
• Indoor air pollution
• House plants > Irrigation
• Interior landscaping

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Design in a Complex World -- 2. The Indoor Air Quality Dilemma -- 3. Indoor Air Pollution and Human Health Risk -- 4. Biological Solutions to Indoor Pollution -- 5. Designing for a Healthier User Environment -- 6. Interiorscaping -- 7. Types of Plants Used in Interiorscaping -- 8. Plant Biology and Other Growth Factors -- 9. Interiorscape Irrigation: Manual versus Automatic -- 10. Interiorscape Irrigation: Fully Automatic Techniques -- 11. The Concepts of Automated Precision Micro-Irrigation Systems -- 12. The Equipment of Automated Precision Micro-Irrigation Systems -- 13. Automated Precision Micro-Irrigation in Various Building Types -- 14. The Design and Costing of Automated Precision Micro-Irrigation Systems -- 15. Installing Automated Precision Micro-Irrigation Systems -- 16. Starting and Operating a New Installation.

ISBN

0823016048

LCCN

95045556

OCLC

• 33333390
• ocm33333390

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries