Posted in plan-vew drawing, steps, terrace, tagged deck, landing on May 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
OK listen up; it’s follow-up time. Remember way back when in the previous post we were talking about what type of landing I was thinking about for this particular project?
Well now we are getting down to the nitty-gritty. The real deal, it’s now for all the marbles. Now we got a deck, and some steps(in [...]
Posted in conceptual drawing, design principles, hardscape design, renderings, steps, tagged deck, landing on May 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Landing . . . you know, a landing. That flat space you design in when you’re going from a high space to a low space. Or in the case of a Landscape Designer when you’re going from a deck to a patio.
It’s that platform where you stop and rest, and then turn right(or left) continuing [...]
Posted in conceptual drawing, design principles, hardscape design, sectional drawings, steps, stuff, terrace on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
So here is an earlier drawing where I was looking at the possibilities from head-on; that is, from a person looking from the lower level.
I liked this look . . . but wasn’t sure if it was working. Then after I was done scribbling this I noticed that the wall heights were really 3 levels!. [...]
Posted in design principles, drawings, hardscape design, renderings, sectional drawings, steps, tagged rendering-people on April 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So I’m thinking about steps and people, people and steps . . . . . .
[ Like I said, people and steps. ]
Question’s
Where does the landing(s) g0?
Where does the plaza go?
Where do the seat walls go? At which levels?
Tree’s? Shrubs? Trees and shrubs?
Brick? Block? Brick and Stone?
Nothing better than people and steps, steps and people [...]
Posted in color rendering, hardscapes, steps on December 20, 2006 | No Comments »
posted; 05/00/06
This look was coming straight down the stairs, with all vertical movement, and flat to the drive. Yesterday’s image was more steps, shorter risers/wider treads-it will be interesting to see which way homeowner’s go . . .
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