Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer (2nd Edition)

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Editorial reviews

Product Description
"Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer, Second Edition" takes readers step-by-step through the design graphics process. Written at an accessible level, readers will learn basic drafting tools, lettering and drawing techniques; commonly used textures and symbols; how to read plan graphics; how to develop effective designs; and how to assemble professional portfolios. This edition is filled with new sample drawings, updated photographs and descriptive design illustrations and visuals that make techniques easy to follow and easy to understand. The revision maintains the text's presentation focus and provides helpful tip boxes to teach readers how to draw an effective design. Sufficiently addresses landscape design drafting at an easy to follow level. Introduces basic drafting tools, lettering and drawing techniques, and then describes commonly used textures and symbols and how to create them. Shows readers how to put together the plan, (starting with the plat, sale and title block), how to properly label symbols, and how to develop a plant list. Enhances the reader's ability to communicate ideas more clearly to their clients. An excellent resource for anyone from home gardeners to aspiring landscape

designers.

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-01-05 rating:
Everything you ever wanted to know; but...
Indispensable! As a novice to the field of Landscape architecture/ design; this books proves to be the most valuable source I have found in explaining techniques that are often overlooked in the studio instructions at universities. Step-by-step guides, no subject is neglect as self evident or insignificant; - a must read.

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review by: date: 2008-09-20 rating:
Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer
Great book! My instructor also said that if he had written a book for his class that it would be just like this one

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review by: date: 2008-03-08 rating:
Required reading
This is a must have book for a beginner landscape design student and an excellent review for a more advanced student. It provides a step-by-step discussion of the design process with plenty of illustrations and examples.

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review by: date: 2007-02-16 rating:
Excellent resource for landscape designers and landscape architects
This book should definitely be on the shelf of anyone who designs landscapes unless you have already mastered all there is to know about plan graphics. The first edition of this book was very good, but the second edition is even better. The only reason I gave it a raing of four stars rather than five is that it contains only a very brief section about color rendering, a topic that deserves much more attention than Bertauski gives it. But it's still a great book even with that imperfection.


review by: Landscape Design date: 2006-06-21 rating:
Perfect building blocks for landscape plan graphics
We used this book in Landscape Design at my college. It is an essential tool for the basics of plan graphics and design layout. It focuses on keeping the design clean and professional. I STRONGLY recommend this book to any first year Landscape Design student, or any professional who needs a good reference tool.

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