LibGuides: Urban and Regional Planning: A Research Guide: Landscape Architecture

Featured Books

The Olmsted National Historic Site and the Growth of Historic Landscape Preservation
Call Number: ULIB/F 74 B9 A45 2007

ISBN: 1555536794

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is often called the founder of American landscape architecture.
Islamic Gardens and Landscapes by D. Fairchild Ruggles
Call Number: SCIENCE/SB 457.8 R85 2008

ISBN: 0812240251

This work looks at gardens from the 7th-century rise of Islam to the present, from Morocco to India.
Greening Cities, Growing Communities: Learning from Seattle’s Urban Community Gardens by Jeffrey Hou, Julie M. Johnson, and Laura J. Lawson
Call Number: SCIENCE/SB 457.3 H63 2009

ISBN: 0295989289

This book tells the story of Seattle's community gardens how they impact residents. Topics include planning and design strategies, community and municipal participation, and programs developed for the use of gardens by specific populations.

Reference Materials

Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms, by Michael Hickey and Clive King. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Illustrated glossary of terms commonly used to describe vascular plants. [SCIENCE REFERENCE/QK 10 H53X 2000]
Magill’s Encyclopedia of Science: Plant Life, Bryan D. Ness, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2003. Contains approximately 400 topical entries on plant-related topics. [SCIENCE REFERENCE QK 7 M34 2003]
Names of Plants, by David Gledhill. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Contains an alphabetical list to interpret the scientific names of plants from around the world, and discusses conventions in the naming of plants. [SCIENCE REFERENCE/QK 96 G54 2008]

Dictionary of Plant Sciences
Included in the Oxford Reference Online collection, select the heading "Biological Sciences" to access this dictionary. Comprehensive dictionary of botany.
GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms
This site provides information about thousands of terms related to botany, gardening, horticulture and landscape architecture.
Oxford Companion to the Garden
Included in the Oxford Reference Online collection, select the heading "Earth & Environmental Sciences" to access this reference book. Includes a survey of notable gardens with articles on a range of horticultural topics. Also included are brief biographies of landscape architects and others.

Internet Resources

American Landscape and Architectural Design 1850-1920 - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
Large collection of lantern slides of American buildings and landscapes built during the period 1850-1920. Source materials for this collection come from Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Included is the work of Harvard faculty Frederick Law Olmsted, Bremer W. Pond, and James Sturgis Pray, as well as that of other landscape architects throughout the country. The collection offers views of cities, buildings, parks, and gardens, including Boston's Park System.
LAIR-Landscape Architecture Image Resource
LAIR is an online library of digital images contributed by several campuses involved in landscape architecture education.
Landscape Plants: Images, Identification, and Information
From Oregon State University, this site provides images and information on over 900 landscape plants.
Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities
This site contains images and descriptions of parks, markets, downtown areas, civic centers and more. It contains a database of images and articles and blogs about public space design and utilization.
The Urban Landscape - Digital Image Access Project at Duke University
From Duke University, this site contains a database of images pertaining to the theme "The Urban Landscape," from fourteen different collections.

Books

The following is a select list of books on more general topics in landscape architecture. To find materials on more specific projects or topics, search the Libraries' online catalog linked in the Quick Links box to the left.

City Trees: A Historical Geography from the Renaissance Through the Nineteenth Century, by Henry W. Lawrence. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006. Traces the history of urban tree planting primarily in European and American cities. [SCIENCE/SB 435.6 E85 L39 2006]
Design and Landscape for People: New Approaches to Renewal, by Clare Cumberlidge and Lucy Musgrave. London: Thames & Hudson, 2007. This heavily illustrated book discusses the planning lessons learned from case studies from around the globe. [ULIB/HT 170 C86 2007]
Design with Culture: Claiming America’s Landscape Heritage, Charles A. Birnbaum and Mary V. Hughes, eds. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005. This work describes efforts to preserve historic and significant landscapes, and includes information about several important designers and preservationists. [SCIENCE/SB 472.8 D47 2005]
Ecology, Community and Delight: Sources of Values in Landscape Architecture, by Ian H. Thompson. London: E&FN Spon, 2000. The author explores the role of the aesthetic, the social, and the environmental value systems within landscape architecture. [SCIENCE/SB 472 T48 2000]
Great City Parks, by Alan Tate. London: Spon Press, 2001. Provides and in-depth look at public parks in several major cities in North America and Europe. [SCIENCE *OVERSIZE/SB 484 E8 T37 2001]
Trees in the Urban Landscape: Site Assessment, Design, and Installation, by Peter J. Trowbridge and Nina L. Bassuk. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2004. Covers design considerations, planning, botanical selection, planting, and maintenance of trees in difficult urban settings. [SCIENCE/SB 436 T86 2004]
Urban Open Space: Designing for User Needs, by Mark Francis. This book examines the research that has been conducted to assess user needs and the implications for designing outdoor public space. [SCIENCE/SB 472 F69 2003]