San Antonio College Library

"From the publishers of Architectural Graphic Standards, this book, created under the auspices of The American Planning Association, is the most comprehensive reference book on urban planning, design, and development available today. Contributions from more than two hundred renowned professionals provide rules of thumb and best practices for mitigating such environmental impacts as noise, traffic, aesthetics, preservation of green space and wildlife,...

The Art of Ill Will is a comprehensive history of American political cartooning, featuring over two hundred illustrations. From the colonial period to contemporary cartoonists like Pat Oliphant and Jimmy Margulies, Donald Dewey highlights these artists' uncanny ability to encapsulate the essence of a situation and to steer the public mood with a single drawing and caption. Taking advantage of unlimited access to The Granger Collection, which holds...

"Green Homes presents the latest innovations in sustainable architecture and design. Filled cover to cover with full-color photographs, architectural plans, and detailed drawings, this book features more than 20 projects, which explore various aspects of green design, from its ecological and economical benefits, to factors considered when choosing materials: How much energy went into manufacturing the product, whether it is long lasting, and whether...

Surveys American housing styles, from the Native Americans to the present day, providing over one thousand drawings and diagrams for each house type.

Presents illustrated, step-by-step instructions for drawing comic book women, covering anatomy, costumes, action poses, and other topics, and including interviews with comic book editors.

Landscape Graphics presents an easy-to-master, logical progression of all the basic graphics techniques used in landscape design and landscape architecture. The only book devoted exclusively to landscape graphics, its emphasis is on time-saving methods that encourage the rapid development of skills. This step-by-step primer to working graphics covers all the basics from program development to final design, emphasizing time-saving techniques.