AutoCAD 2007 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))5 reviews
David Byrnes, Mark Middlebrook

For Dummies, 2006

A Great Starting Place

+ Fast Track to Autocad
+ Great book to start with !!!
+ Good as a first book period
  
  











  



  
Design for Ecological Democracy
Randolph T. Hester

The MIT Press, 2006

Winner, 2007 Davidoff Award presented by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Winner, Scholarly Illustrated Category, 2007 AAUP Book Jacket and Journal Show. and Winner of the Architecture & Urban Planning category in the 2006 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc. Over the last fifty years, ...
  
  











  



  
EcoCities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature5 reviews
Richard Register

New Society Publishers, 2006

One of the keys to Sustainability

+ Ecocitology
+ Awesome with Clarity
+ A pattern of urban design we will rediscover
+ moderate environmental views
  
  











  



  
Opening Spaces
Hans Loidl, Stefan Bernard

Birkhäuser Basel, 2003

The art of designing both unites and divides landscape architecture and architecture. Despite having a long tradition, landscape architecture has lacked a concise presentation of the fundamental principles underlying its design and planning concepts. This much sought-after book has evolved out of more than twenty years of teaching experience. The authors distinguish between the variable factors ...
  
  











  



  
Groundswell: Constructing The Contemporary Landscape2 reviews
Peter Reed

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2005

Exciting Urban Projects

+ Interpretations of the ground plane

A great collection of different planning straegies. Provides unique and refreshing solutions for designing different urban hardscapes, mostly in the U.S. and Europe. It is also well put together and well thought out.
  
  











  



  
From Grassland to Glacier: The Natural History of Colorado and the Surrounding Region
Cornelia Fleischer Mutel, John C. Emerick

Johnson Books, 1992

In concise, readable prose, "From Grassland to Glacier" guides the nature lover through the natural world of the Southern Rocky Mountains—from the hot, dry plains and plateaus, through the moist forests of pine and spruce, to the windswept tundra above the trees. Self-guided tours and easy-to-use keys simplify the identification of natural communities through personal experience. The standard ...
  
  











  



  
Wacom Intuos3 6 x 8-Inch Pen Tablet172 reviews

Wacom

Wacom

Something extra to think about....

+ Great Photoshop Tool
+ A must if you love to draw or have tiny objects to remove
+ Good deal
+ My review requested by Amazon
  
  











  



  
The Landscape Urbanism Reader2 reviews

Princeton Architectural Press, 2006

The Landscape Urbanism Reader

+ The Landscape Urbanism Reader

This was a gift for my architect brother. He was thrilled with it. It was received as promised, with quick shipping and arrived in pristine shape. It was indeed a merry Christmas.
  
  











  



  
Waterstained Landscapes: Seeing and Shaping Regionally Distinctive Places (Center Books on Contemporary ...
Joan Woodward

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999

A refreshing change from abstract writings about landscape architecture, Waterstained Landscapes is an illustrated essay, narrated by a fictional landscape architect, Ann Crane, who moves from Los Angeles to Colorado's Front Range. Through the imaginary Crane, author Joan Woodward argues that deriving landscape designs from the natural patterns and processes of a particular region is a key to ...
  
  











  



  
Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Theory1 review

Princeton Architectural Press, 1999

Not just for Landscape Architects

Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Architecture, proposes that when landscape is considered solely as a noun, its active role in the everyday lived experiences of humankind is lost. In this light, the volume seeks to recover landscape as not only a verb, "as process or ...
  
  











  



  
EcoCities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature5 reviews
Richard Register

New Society Publishers, 2006

One of the keys to Sustainability

+ Ecocitology
+ Awesome with Clarity
+ A pattern of urban design we will rediscover
+ moderate environmental views
  
  











  



  
Groundswell: Constructing The Contemporary Landscape2 reviews
Peter Reed

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2005

Exciting Urban Projects

+ Interpretations of the ground plane

A great collection of different planning straegies. Provides unique and refreshing solutions for designing different urban hardscapes, mostly in the U.S. and Europe. It is also well put together and well thought out.
  
  











  



  
Opening Spaces
Hans Loidl, Stefan Bernard

Birkhäuser Basel, 2003

The art of designing both unites and divides landscape architecture and architecture. Despite having a long tradition, landscape architecture has lacked a concise presentation of the fundamental principles underlying its design and planning concepts. This much sought-after book has evolved out of more than twenty years of teaching experience. The authors distinguish between the variable factors ...
  
  











  



  
AutoCAD 2007 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))5 reviews
David Byrnes, Mark Middlebrook

For Dummies, 2006

A Great Starting Place

+ Fast Track to Autocad
+ Great book to start with !!!
+ Good as a first book period
  
  











  



  
From Grassland to Glacier: The Natural History of Colorado and the Surrounding Region
Cornelia Fleischer Mutel, John C. Emerick

Johnson Books, 1992

In concise, readable prose, "From Grassland to Glacier" guides the nature lover through the natural world of the Southern Rocky Mountains—from the hot, dry plains and plateaus, through the moist forests of pine and spruce, to the windswept tundra above the trees. Self-guided tours and easy-to-use keys simplify the identification of natural communities through personal experience. The standard ...
  
  











  



  
Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Theory1 review

Princeton Architectural Press, 1999

Not just for Landscape Architects

Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Architecture, proposes that when landscape is considered solely as a noun, its active role in the everyday lived experiences of humankind is lost. In this light, the volume seeks to recover landscape as not only a verb, "as process or ...
  
  











  



  
Design for Ecological Democracy
Randolph T. Hester

The MIT Press, 2006

Winner, 2007 Davidoff Award presented by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Winner, Scholarly Illustrated Category, 2007 AAUP Book Jacket and Journal Show. and Winner of the Architecture & Urban Planning category in the 2006 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc. Over the last fifty years, ...
  
  











  



  
The Landscape Urbanism Reader2 reviews

Princeton Architectural Press, 2006

The Landscape Urbanism Reader

+ The Landscape Urbanism Reader

This was a gift for my architect brother. He was thrilled with it. It was received as promised, with quick shipping and arrived in pristine shape. It was indeed a merry Christmas.
  
  











  



  
Waterstained Landscapes: Seeing and Shaping Regionally Distinctive Places (Center Books on Contemporary ...
Joan Woodward

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999

A refreshing change from abstract writings about landscape architecture, Waterstained Landscapes is an illustrated essay, narrated by a fictional landscape architect, Ann Crane, who moves from Los Angeles to Colorado's Front Range. Through the imaginary Crane, author Joan Woodward argues that deriving landscape designs from the natural patterns and processes of a particular region is a key to ...
  
  











  



  
Wacom Intuos3 6 x 8-Inch Pen Tablet172 reviews

Wacom

Wacom

Something extra to think about....

+ Great Photoshop Tool
+ A must if you love to draw or have tiny objects to remove
+ Good deal
+ My review requested by Amazon