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, 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 Construction in-progress, Einstein, South Carolina, hardscape design, pergola, terrace on February 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This pergola was designed to guide visitors down a small, simple, straight walkway around to a small hidden seating area, and utility space. It was important that the pergola create some visual interest from afar because it sat at the end of a driveway.
What I would like to point out about this pergola is that [...]
Posted in color rendering, design principles, hardscape design, hot tub, pergola, terrace on December 22, 2006 | No Comments »
posted, 09/27/06
Looking from the Other Direction
This drawing was done to show the homeowners how this would look from the other direction. This view shows the relationship between the new patio and the small retaining wall. The patio shown here really gives the viewer a better idea of its size for the new landscape.
I stayed with [...]
Posted in color rendering, design principles, sectional drawings, terrace on December 21, 2006 | No Comments »
posted, 08/21/06
More drawings and a continuation from the post on the 18th of this month.
This a a sectional drawing showing how all these elements will relate to each other in scale. This type of scale drawing helps show the human element and really focuses in on how much space is needed to pull this [...]
Posted in design principles, hardscapes, terrace on December 21, 2006 | No Comments »
posted,08/15/06
The drawings of the terrace I had been showing over the past couple of days took a final turn yesterday. After e-mailing the client that I had posted the rendering of his deck idea, I received a quick reply . . . “Oh we are going with extending the concrete and round off the end. [...]
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