Product Description
One of the most difficult tasks for a designer is to translate concepts into specific and detailed organizations of space. From Concept to Form in Landscape Design, Second Edition provides vital, functional techniques that make the transformation easier and more effective. This perceptive resource examines both traditional and nontraditional methods of landscape design, providing the conceptual and philosophical foundations for ideas and their visual expression.
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From Concept to Form in Landscape Design
Tags: Concept, Design, Form, from, Landscape
#1 by James M. Ballard on May 19, 2010 - 9:32 am
The cover is very misleading. It is being returned within 20 minutes of opening the package.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by J. Wilkinson on May 19, 2010 - 9:44 am
I purchased this book to consider options and look for inspiration and practical guidance for my 5 acre property in Australia. I found the book heavy on the philosophical aspects of design and more bent towards urban design. Not my cup of tea I’m afraid.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Avery A. Telligman on May 19, 2010 - 11:39 am
I have found this book extremely helpful as a basis/rough outline to help guide the development process in forming patterns/shapes of spaces from the concept planning stage; especially, if your normal design process is similar to the following (which Perry Howard, FASLA, has instructed me): Program Analysis, Site Analysis, Concept Plan, Illustrative Site Plan, Site Sections.
Avery Telligman
Student ASLA
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by R. Lynch on May 19, 2010 - 1:13 pm
This book is going back a lot faster than it got here! Deals almost exclusively with very modern landscapes that you would see in the southern part of the country. The designs tended to be very geometric, rigid and unnatural. If you prefer a more classic, free flowing landscape design, then this book is not for you.
Rating: 1 / 5
#5 by Gang Chen on May 19, 2010 - 3:55 pm
Architects, landscape architects, and urban planners are graphic thinkers. A simple graphic can communicate more design intent than many, many words. “From Concept to Form in Landscape Design” can help design professionals to concretize their ideas and design concepts into visible graphics and forms. Once you put your ideas on paper as specific forms, you can improve and fine-tune them.
“From Concept to Form in Landscape Design” covers philosophical concepts, functional concepts, geometric form development, naturalistic form development, principles of design (basic elements of design, organizing principles, integration of forms), unconventional and provocative design, and various case studies.
“From Concept to Form in Landscape Design” has 192 pages and many line drawings and interior black-and-white photos. It is a good tool to assist design professionals to concretize their ideas and design concepts.
Gang Chen, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Author of “LEED GA Exam Guide,” “Architectural Practice Simplified,” “Planting Design Illustrated,” and other books on various LEED exams, architecture, and landscape architecture
Rating: 5 / 5