Landscape Graphics [Paperback]

Grant Reid (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0823073335 | ISBN-13: 978-0823073337 | Publication Date: September 1, 2002 | Edition: Revised

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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About the Author

Grant W. Reid, ASLA, is a professor in the department of horticulture and landscape architecture at Colorado State University. He also operates his own landscape architectural consulting business called Grant Reid Designs. He lives in Colorado.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill; Revised edition (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823073335
• ISBN-13: 978-0823073337
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 0.6 x 8.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #83 in Books > Professional & Technical > Architecture

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars useful but dated..., May 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Landscape Graphics: From Concept Sketch to Presentation Rendering (Paperback)

this book is great for reference if you need basic graphics to develop into your own, the graphics file at the end is pretty comphrehensive and easy to flip to for quick ideas. however, the graphics are extremely dated, drawn with conventions that would look strange in today's landscape drawings.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Landscape Designer, March 4, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Landscape Graphics: From Concept Sketch to Presentation Rendering (Paperback)

This book is used as a text book at several univerities and Community colleges. It is a basic text that alows a student to learn to draw graphics and symbols. The excersize in the back of the book are very helpful when first learning to draft graphics. It does not address computer graphics. If you want to produce those kinds of plans it is best to take a course in computer graphics. When first learning to draw graphics one has to start somewhere. This book does a great job!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! What a great book, and working tool for the desiger., November 17, 1999

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This review is from: Landscape Graphics: From Concept Sketch to Presentation Rendering (Paperback)

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!