Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer, 2/E
Tony Bertauski, Trident Technical College

ISBN-10: 0131720635
ISBN-13: 9780131720633

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 264 pp
Published: 04/07/2006

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For courses in Landscape Design Graphics and Introduction to Landscape Design.

 

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—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 students how to draw an effective design.  

For courses in Landscape Design Graphics and Introduction to Landscape Design.

 

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—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 students how to draw an effective design.  

 

A step-by-step format–presents structure for the material.

  • 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. 

A focus on presentation graphics–appears in this text.

  • Discusses how to read plan graphics, develop effective designs, and assemble professional portfolios. 

Additional chapters on section drawing and computer graphics–appear as Chapter 9 and Chapter 10. 

  • Enhances the reader’s ability to communicate ideas more clearly to their clients.
  • Includes topics such as the vertical elements of section-elevation drawings, the imaging process and techniques and more! 

Tip boxes–appear in each chapter.

  • Provide memorable shortcuts, important techniques and other vital information that will make drawing methods, and ultimately final plans, more effective.

 

NEW TOPICS-answer students most difficult questions, such as:

  • Should you represent existing trees?
  • How big should you draw a symbol?
  • How much do you enlarge the plat? 

Revised! Chapter 6, Ground Plane–has been updated in this revision.

  • Shows how to address existing plant material on site and how to illustrate it on the plan.
  • Discusses the importance of sizing symbols properly and common techniques to do so. 

New! Poor, good and better illustrations–have been added to this edition.

  • Show readers examples of what good and bad techniques look like so they can refine their own skills.  

New! Sample student drawings–appear in the appendix.

  • Includes a compendium of student designs so readers can see examples of finished plans.
  • Offers a critique for each drawing, giving students a benchmark from which they can evaluate their own drawings. 

New! Illustrations–have been improved in this edition.

  • Reworks illustrations and pictures to improve their quality.
  • Uses both photos and drawings to help illustrate information in more depth.

1.      The Landscape Design Process and Presentation Graphics

2.      Tools

3.      Line

4.      Lettering

5.      Symbols

6.      Ground Plane

7.      The Plan Drawing

8.      Color

9.      Section Drawing

10.  Computer Graphics

 

APPENDIX: PORTFOLIO

INDEX

 

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