Residential Landscape Architecture:...
Booth
Synopsis
Written for courses in landscape design, this text is aimed at students who are beginning their design careers, as well as those currently practicing residential design. It provides the quality fundamentals of residential site design - exploring functional and artistic considerations.
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Drawing and Designing with Confidence
Mike Lin
Synopsis
This is an illustrated, step-by-step procedural guide designed to help the reader improve graphic technique. With a teaching style that stresses speed and relaxation, the author covers all aspects of design, graphic composition, media, types of drawings and perspective techniques.
Rating - 3*

Gardens Are for People
Thomas D. Church, Grace Hall, Michael Laurie
Synopsis
This text contains the essence of Thomas Church's design philosophy, as well as practical advice. It is illustrated by site plans and photographs of some of the 2000 gardens that Church designed during his career. Called "the last great traditional designer and the first great modern designer", Church was one of the central figures in the development of the modern Californian garden. For the first time, West Coast designers based their work not on imitation of East Coast traditions, but on climatic, landscape and lifestyle characteristics unique to California and the West. Church viewed the garden as a logical extension of the house, with one extending naturally into the other.
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Landscape Graphics
Grant W. Reid
Synopsis
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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John Brookes Garden Design (revised)
John Brookes
Synopsis
In this expanded, updated version of his classic book, John Brookes addresses the latest trends in garden design as well as surveying new materials and techniques. He also shows you how to use the computer as a design tool, and features new, or extended, sections on key styles, such as Minimalist, Mediterranean, Urban and Japanese and Oriental. What does not change in this new edition is John Brookes' inspirational approach to design. Drawing on his world-famous garden design course and his lecture tours that have taken him from Key Gardens and Europe to the USA, Austalia, South Africa, South America and Japan, he combines clever and stylish design options with detailed information and practical advice. "Garden Design" has become the essential coursebook for thousands of students as well as a favourite sourcebook of ideas for countless garden owners worldwide - amateurs and professionals alike.
Rating - 3*

New Drawing on the Right Side of the...
Betty Edwards
Synopsis
Forty basic and new exercises to develop your drawing skills. Expanded subject matter. Exercises for all drawing mediums. Learning to draw, like mastering a sport or musical instrument, requires practice. This convenient workbook is designed to be portable so you can use it to practice your drawing anywhere, in the dentist's office or on your way to school. It gives exercises on drawing all subjects, from portrait drawing and still life to landscape and imaginative drawing. There are exercises for all mediums of drawing, from pen and ink to charcoal and crayon.
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