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Small architectural forms

From ancient times to the present day people tend to add magnificence and luxury of the nature with their creativity. Landscape designers are particularly successful in it. The garden considered a place for contemplation and relaxation, so it is appropriate to place works of art and cozy nooks for comfort there.
To evade the historical roots of small architectural forms in the garden, as well as aesthetic and stylistic framework, we consider the engineering side of the question.

Small architectural forms - is a little constructions for both practical and aesthetic purposes. Usually it’s arbors, fences, pergolas, bridges, rotunda, benches, urns, statues, decorative fountains, flowerpots, children’s playgrounds and so on.

Small architectural forms can be typical, serial or individual.
The typical one produced in large enterprises, and we can see an example in any city park of any city of Russia - a bench and a refuse bin next to her. Serial can be manufactured in small series, but with typical drawings. Examples can be seen in small gardens, which owners are striving for individuality. Individual - based on sketches by the designer, a specially designed drawings for one customer. Examples of quality custom-made order you can see nowhere else.
Let us dwell on the engineering properties of the most popular types of small architectural forms:

• Fence

The realities of Russia’s suburban mentality is that the fence, as a rule, is the most important thing after the house and household buildings.
But apart from their functional purpose - ensuring owners’ security, they can carry the decorative load.
Fences can be made of the following materials: wooden elements, metal sheets ( "tile flooring"), concrete panels, brick, natural stone. Each material has its advantages.
Wooden fence is greener and cheaper, but short-lived and requires a care.
“Tile flooring” is resistant to mechanical damage and requires no maintenance, but quite expensive.
Fence of concrete panels is decorative and quickly assembled, but installation requires specialized knowledge and technics.
Brick fence is very stylish and durable, but very time-taking and requires expertise in the installation.
A fence made of natural stone is extremely beautiful and durable, but very expensive.
There are also more "democratic" in price and performance fencing - Rabitz-mesh, welded metal fences, fence panels. But they do not belong to the category of small architectural forms.

• Bench

There are two types of garden benches - all-season and summer. Depending on their destination, they are different in engineering properties. General requirement for the garden bench - a solid construction. All-season benches are differ by high endurance, high-quality frost- and water-resistant coating, a significant weight to avoid an accidental falling or moving. Summer bench are more light-weighted as a rule.
But shapes, materials and method of manufacture of garden benches so varied that the choice is limited only by your imagination and sense of beauty.

• Arbor

Perhaps it’s the most popular piece of garden design, which allows you to enjoy the garden regardless of heat or rainy weather. Dimensions of arbor depend only on its functional purpose and size of the garden.
The shape and materials of the pergola is quite different. Arbor can be made of unexpected materials. The main requirements for materials - high endurance and durability. It’s not so convenient to build an arbor from materials which are rapidly heated.
If you plan to glass an arbor to relax there during a bad weather, you should plan a big opening windows or door, so do not to find yourself in the hothouse instead of arbor during the heat.
If the arbor is planned for eating and passive recreation, it makes sense to put the place for barbeque near it. If the arbor is planned to relax in siesta, it is better to place it near a pond. For the purposes of children’s games, it is reasonable to locate it near the playground.

• BBQ

This is a small indoor facility for cooking. As a rule, this is a tiled court and canopy, which covers the barbecue grill in case of bad weather.
Materials can be different, but you must remember that they must be non-flammable, so the wooden canopy - not the best solution for your barbeque.

• Decorative fencing

Ornamental fences are most often used for the garden zoning; they are combined with additional elements of living fences - climbing plants and hedges very well.
Materials of decorative fences are different – big trees, shrubs, but there are common characteristics: a decorative fence must be strong enough to withstand strong gusts of wind and pressure of climbing plants.

• Arches, Bersoes and pergolas

This decorative garden elements in the form of arched apperture of the wooden, metal or plastic mesh base. As a rule, they serve as a support for climbing plants.
Berso - a few pergolas installed one after another in such a way as to obtain a covered lane.
Functionally, they are like decorative fencing? and requirements for materials are identical.
Small architectural forms give the garden a special charm and emphasize the style of your garden.

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