Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer with Section-Elevation...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 231 pages
• Published by: Prentice Hall September 12, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0130329991
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0130329998
• Book Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Weighs: 1.1 pounds

Book Description
This book describes how to create a residential landscape plan drawing for presentation. Clearly written and highly illustrative, it takes advantage of tips and techniques that many designers have learned over the years. It serves as a resource for ideas, illustrates the use of symbols and textures, and also includes a section on the use of computer software in landscape drawing. Topics include presentation graphics, tools for accurate plan drawing, line drawing, good lettering, symbol drawing and symbol category descriptions, defining the ground plane (turf, hardscapes, mulch, and groundcover), plan drawing, color techniques, section-elevation drawing, and computer graphics and landscape drawing software. For residential landscape designers and architects.

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Too often introductory courses take for granted that the beginning student of horticulture is already familiar with the tools and drafting techniques associated with the discipline; not so with Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer. Operating with the assumption that introductory classes must start with the basics, the author meticulously provides an inclusive guide through both the design and drawing phases of landscape design.

Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer provides an great introduction to landscape design, employing a balanced approach that integrates both the technical and artistic aspects of plan drawing and graphics. Also included are sections on the use of drafting tools, how to professionally letter a plan, and the role of digital cameras and design software. A comprehensive section on computer graphics rounds out this exemplary introductory text. Other key features include:

• A pragmatic, step-by-step approach to creating a highly effective drawing, with the correct use of textures, symbols, and letters
• An extensive assortment of user drawing and rendering techniques, aimed at teaching effective line drawing to create accurate and attractive documents
• Instructions on how to draw section elevations to illustrate vertical elements of the design
• A wide assortment of photographs to accompany the many line drawings

Reader Reviews
This book is great. I am a junior landscape architecture major, and my introductory classes skipped over the important basic details. Even though I've caught onto the basic skills over time, this book is a great reference and I'm still finding new things. This book is very easy to follow and a has a few pages of colored pages so that you can see his marker and colored pencil examples. I would most definitely recommend this book!!