Landscape Site Grading Principles: Grading with Design in Mind

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A complete guide to site grading for designers and other visual learners

Grading With Design in Mind: Landscape Site Grading Principles is a comprehensive guide to grading, written specifically from the design perspective. Heavily illustrated and non-technical, this book meets the needs of designers and visual learners by presenting the principles and methods of site grading with less emphasis on engineering, and a strong focus on the effect on the overall aesthetic. Written by a professor in The usa’s number-one ranked undergraduate landscape architecture program, the book guides readers step by step through the process of solving more than a few grading problems in real-life scenarios.

Landscape designers, landscape architects, and engineers wish to have a deep understanding of site grading as the foundation of any project. Grading plans should not only solve practical requirements, but also create landforms that contribute to the aesthetic ambition of the overall site and architectural design concept. Grading With Design in Mind takes a highly visual approach to presenting modern grading techniques and considerations, providing designers the guidance they wish to transform competent in site grading even as understanding the design implications of the subject. Features include:

  • Numerous illustrations to toughen the text
  • Step-by-step examples
  • Professional grading plans

Studying the professional grading plans helps readers better be aware the real-world application of grading principles in different situations. Site grading is a complicated topic with quite a few on-site variables, but Grading with Design in Mind breaks it down into clear, concise instruction with value to both professionals and students in the field of landscape design.

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