Interior Plantscapes: A Guide to Plantscapes in Work and Leisure Spaces Book

	Figures	vii
	Plates	viii
	Acknowledgements	xiv
	Introduction	xv
Part I	Background and Built Examples	1
1	Historical background to exotic planting	3
2	Evolution of an architectural context for indoor planting	6
3	Twentieth-century greening of internal spaces	14
	Conservatories and winter gardens	14
	Conservatories	16
	Winter gardens	20
	Buildings for active leisure pursuits	23
	Leisure pools	23
	The Sanctuary, Covent Garden	28
	Arcades and shopping centres	32
	Atria	34
	The hotel atrium	34
	Sheraton Skyline Hotel	36
	The office atrium	40
	Coutts, The Strand	50
	Post burolandschaft	63
	Public buildings	65
	Newlands School	65
	Barbican Arts Centre	67
4	Benefits and rationale for interior planting	80
Part II	Practical Recommendations	87
5	Environmental requirements	89
	Lighting provision	89
	Varying requirements and responses	89
	Assessing available natural light	91
	Supplementing daylight	92
	Importance of acclimatization and shading	97
	Air quality	99
	Relative humidity	99
	Supplementary moisture	100
	Pollutants	104
	Contribution of planting to improved air quality	107
	Preferred temperatures	110
6	Physical requirements	115
	Growing media	115
	Composts and loamless media	116
	Soil-less culture and inert media	120
	Effective support of planting	126
	Permanently integrated planters	126
	Free-standing or hanging planters	139
	Sealed environments	143
7	Maintenance requirements	148
	Plant healthcare	148
	Routine maintenance tasks	149
	Identifying causes of defects or failures	150
	Treatment for insect or fungal attack	153
	Water and nutrient supply	156
	Varying demands	156
	Automatic watering systems	161
	Semi-automatic watering systems	165
	Nutrient provision	169
8	Guidance on plant specification and selection	172
	Specification	172
	Selection	176
Part III	Index of plants	183
	Bibliography	373
	Index	375