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Landscape Graphics

Landscape GraphicsAuthor: Grant Reid
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 34 reviews
Sales Rank: 12168

Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Pages: 216
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.3 x 0.6

ISBN: 0823073335
Dewey Decimal Number: 712.3
EAN: 9780823073337
ASIN: 0823073335

Publication Date: September 1, 2002
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Product Description
Announcing the new revised edition of the classic industry reference! Landscape Graphics is the architect's ultimate guide to all the basic graphics techniques used in landscape design and landscape architecture. Progressing from the basics into more sophisticated techniques, this guide offers clear instruction on graphic language and the design process, the basics of drafting, lettering, freehand drawing and conceptual diagramming, perspective drawing, section elevations, and more. It also features carefully sequenced exercises, a complete file of graphic symbols for sections and perspectives, and a handy appendix of conversions and equivalents.


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5 out of 5 stars Wow! What a great book, and working tool for the desiger.   November 17, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Loved this book. I am a self-taught landscape designer. This book brings home to me one of the reasons I am self-taught. I am one of those people that learn better when left alone with a good instruction manual. This is one of those books that gets right to the point and covers just about everything. It's packed with page after page of graphics, and just enough text to explain what is not obvious. And for 15.95, such a deal!


5 out of 5 stars A good book on landscape sketch and graphic   November 22, 2007
Gang Chen (ArchiteG(dot)com)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This book covers almost every aspect of landscape sketch and graphic. It is good for you if you want to learn hand sketch, it is also good for you if you want to create nice CAD drawings. Many of the tree /shrub symbols in both plan views and elevation views are nicely done, they can inspire you to create nice computer blocks for trees and shrubs for plans and sections and elevations.

It covers graphic language and design process, basic drafting, lettering (nowadays almost everyone can do nice hand lettering fonts with computer, but this book is still good for assisting you to select lettering fonts or create your custom fonts in computer), freehand drawings and conceptual diagrams, presentation plans, section-elevations, graphic symbols files for elevations and perspectives.

All the sketches, plans, sections, elevations and perspectives are nicely done. They can be good samples for landscape architecture students, garden design students, architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and seasoned designers.

Gang Chen, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Author of "Planting Design Illustrated," "LEED GA Exam Guide," "Architectural Practice Simplified," and other books on various LEED exams, architecture, and landscape architecture






5 out of 5 stars An Excellent Resource Book for All.   September 12, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This is an excellent book to refer to as a student of Landscape Architecture. Includes starting with Concept Plans, Design stages, right through to finished rendering techniques and more. I 100% recommended this Publication.


5 out of 5 stars Landscape Graphics Plan, Section, and Perspective Drawing of Landscape Spaces   March 16, 2006
Paul D. Kessler (Fort Collins, CO)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Excellent resource for learning how to draw trees, vegetation and other elements for architectural presentation drawings. Many of the drawings can be photocopied and pasted on your own drawings and the author encourages you to do so if you are sketch-ability-deficient. Very good value.


5 out of 5 stars Outstanding for a Beginning Landscape Designer   October 16, 2005
Susan Parker (Pittsburgh, PA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

A beginning landscape designer, or one who may be self-taught, will find this book to provide invaluable assistance in using scales properly; applying graphic designs in the most representative way and using the plan, section and perspective views in the most effective and professional ways and at the most appropriate times. I am using it as a required text in a Master of Landscape Architecture course.

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