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Crazy paving is a means of used outdoors, most frequently in ]. Flag stones of irregular size and shape are laid in a haphazard manner with mortor filling the gaps between<ref>1</ref>. {{Short description|Means of hard-surfacing used outdoors, most often in gardens}}
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'''Crazy paving''' is a means of ] used outdoors, most frequently in ]. ] of irregular size and shape are laid in a haphazard manner sometimes with ] filling the gaps between.


The method originated in ].<ref>{{cite book |title=Paths and Walkways: Simple Projects, Contemporary Designs |last=White |first=Hazel |author2=Plut, Matthew |year=1998 |publisher=Chronicle Books |isbn=0-8118-1429-7 |pages= |url=https://archive.org/details/pathswalkwayssim0000whit |url-access=registration |quote=Crazy paving. |accessdate=2008-07-18}}</ref> The design was half-way between ] and sectile and primarily used chippings of white and colored limestone.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Ling|first1=Roger|title=Roman Painting|publisher=]|year=1991|isbn=978-0-521-31595-1|location=Cambridge, UK|pages=19|url=https://archive.org/details/romanpainting0000ling|url-access=registration|via=]|access-date=January 22, 2023}}</ref> It sets up the paving stones without geometric grid so that they are used as they naturally break as opposed to being cut in geometric shapes.<ref>{{Cite book|editor-first1=Jan |editor-last1=Birksted |title=Relating Architecture to Landscape|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2005|isbn=0-203-35260-2|location=London |pages=83 |doi=10.4324/9780203352601}}</ref>
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Crazy paving became popular during the 1970s and the use of just one type of stone is among the modern updates.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Young|first=Chris|title=Encyclopedia of Landscape Design: Planning, Building, and Planting Your Perfect Outdoor Space|publisher=DK Publishing|year=2017|isbn=978-1-4654-7078-2|location=London|pages=352–353}}</ref> Today, the hard-surfacing approach is also used as a means to recycle paving materials.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lawrence|first=Mike|title=Masonry and Plastering|publisher=Crowood|year=2011|isbn=978-1-84797-351-1|location=Marlborough, UK|pages=75|url=https://archive.org/details/masonryplasterin0000lawr_d3s1|url-access=registration|access-date=2023-01-22|via=]}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 12:07, 14 October 2023

Means of hard-surfacing used outdoors, most often in gardens

For a pattern seen in computer tomography images, see Crazy paving (medicine).
An example of crazy paving

Crazy paving is a means of hard-surfacing used outdoors, most frequently in gardens. Paving stones of irregular size and shape are laid in a haphazard manner sometimes with mortar filling the gaps between.

The method originated in ancient Rome. The design was half-way between mosaic and sectile and primarily used chippings of white and colored limestone. It sets up the paving stones without geometric grid so that they are used as they naturally break as opposed to being cut in geometric shapes.

Crazy paving became popular during the 1970s and the use of just one type of stone is among the modern updates. Today, the hard-surfacing approach is also used as a means to recycle paving materials.

See also

References

  1. White, Hazel; Plut, Matthew (1998). Paths and Walkways: Simple Projects, Contemporary Designs. Chronicle Books. pp. 80. ISBN 0-8118-1429-7. Retrieved July 18, 2008. Crazy paving.
  2. Ling, Roger (1991). Roman Painting. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-521-31595-1. Retrieved January 22, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  3. Birksted, Jan, ed. (2005). Relating Architecture to Landscape. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 83. doi:10.4324/9780203352601. ISBN 0-203-35260-2.
  4. Young, Chris (2017). Encyclopedia of Landscape Design: Planning, Building, and Planting Your Perfect Outdoor Space. London: DK Publishing. pp. 352–353. ISBN 978-1-4654-7078-2.
  5. Lawrence, Mike (2011). Masonry and Plastering. Marlborough, UK: Crowood. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-84797-351-1. Retrieved January 22, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
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