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Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, Student Edition (Ramsey/Sleeper Architectural Graphic Standards Series)

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Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, Student Edition (Ramsey/Sleeper Architectural Graphic Standards Series)
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Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill
Release Date: 2002-09-01
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 Rating 5   A great book for architects, draftspersons, designers, artists
This is a great book, I love it. So much that I gave my original to a young friend who just got into architecture school and immediately ran and bought a replacement for myself :)

It gives really clear directions and examples of how to render all sorts of terrain, veggetation and pavement in plan and section. Great for anyone just learning about illustrating their designs in those formats. Also great for artists.

 Rating 5   Great book- great seller
Great book- in the first edition you'll find lots of dead space due to poor editing. This actually works well for writing your own notes and ideas in the book. Selling process was fantastic. Very happy.

 Rating 5   Grants book is a Landscape Graphics standard
I was required to utilize this book in my college study at Colorado State University. I was also fortunate to have Grant as my Professor leading me through his publication. As a professional Landscape Designer, and now LA, I can honestly say that I have attained all of my positions in Landscape Architectural firms based on these fundamental design standards and my graphic abilities. Personally, the book had it's uses as a teaching tool as well as it's inspirational uses now 15+ years later. Some people have stated that it is too basic and "dated". I may be old school when it comes to hand graphics and illustration, but I see the plan, section elevations, and perspective views represented in this book as nothing short of fundamental. Grant ingrained in his students to "be loose" (yes, Grant too was a student of Mike Lin and pulls material from him in this book as well) and that the quick thumbnail sketches that can be done on the spot are an essential means of communication. For early conceptualization, charettes and Design Development I have found these graphic standards essential. From there, I can incorporate this quick visualization into finished and approved architectural illustrations or whatever means of CAD, SketchUP, and/or Adobe CS program rounds it out to my firm and clients requirements.

At the end of the day, this has always been an important and treasured addition to my collection right next to other books by Lin, Leggit, Doyle, and Wang.

 Rating 5   Terrific book for learning graphics and as a reference
I purchased this book as required per my Landscape Architecture graphics class at Ohio State University and 5 years out of college and I see refer to this book when I need help with my graphics or to use a new technique. Landscape Graphics gives you a step by step process on how to create trees, perspectives, ect; in addition to pages of graphic samples of people, ground covers, trees, shrubs, plan views, sections, lettering, and vehicles.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who sketches, or creates graphics in the architectural/landscape architectural field.

 Rating 5   Grate
Product was in excellent condition delivered on time very good seller. If needed I will defiantly purchase from him again

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