Residential Landscape Architecture: Design Process for the Private Residence (3rd Edition) [Hardcover]

Norman K. Booth (Author), James E. Hiss (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130278270 | ISBN-13: 978-0130278272 | Publication Date: July 3, 2001 | Edition: 3

For courses in Landscape Design. This text was written for students who are beginning their design careers, as well as those currently practicing residential design. This text provides students with the quality fundamentals of residential site design-exploring functional and artistic elements, with a focus on appreciation of quality and updated standards for site development, maintenance techniques and training. It clearly illustrates and discusses the actual procedures and underlying principles utilized by experienced residential site designers.

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Functional and artistic elements of residential site design, with a focus on appreciation of good design, are featured in this book along with updated standards for site development, maintenance techniques and training. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Residential Landscape Architecture explores the functional and artistic elements of residential site design, with a focus on appreciation of quality and updated standards for site development, maintenance techniques, and training. It clearly illustrates and discusses the actual procedures and underlying principles utilized by experienced residential site designers.

THE THIRD EDITION FEATURES THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:

• New chapter 13 – Special Project Sites – contains 4 new case studies/projects that illustrate the design process.
• Old chapter 12 has been made new chapter 3 to address environmentally responsive design issues earlier in the design process.
• Old chapter 13 on Architecturally Responsive Design has been dissected and addressed throughout the text to better meet the needs of users.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 420 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (July 3, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130278270
• ISBN-13: 978-0130278272
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #668,716 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Norman K. Booth, FASLA is a registered landscape architect, photographer, outdoor enthusiast, and professor emeritus at The Ohio State University where he taught landscape architectural design and site planning courses for 31 and half years at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. It is his belief that good landscape design is a hands-on craft that is founded on a thorough understanding of fundamental design principles and theories. His various writings have evolved directly from classroom lectures and studio teaching where comprehensible language accompanied by clear graphic illustrations and photographs where essential to communicating and learning landscape architectural design.

Residential Landscape Architecture (coauthored with James Hiss) is in its 6th edition (published April 2011) and features color graphics and photographs throughout the book. In addition, Chapter 6 (Site Measuring and Base Map Preparation) and Chapter 12 (Material Composition and Master Plan) have been extensively rewritten and illustrated to address current technologies, practices, and available materials. There a numerous other changes throughout the book.

Foundations of Landscape Architecture was published (November 2011) and is Booth's most recent work. The book is intended as an introductory text for landscape architecture though the practitioner will find numerous design examples and fundamental design principles to refresh one's approach to design. Information about the book can be found on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Foundations-of-Landscape-Architecture/281245038568463) or by the Look Inside feature here on Amazon.

A supplementary web site to Foundations of Landscape Architecture is at: http://folaweb.businesscatalyst.com/

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100 of 102 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, May 18, 2002

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Joe A "joe23409" (PRINCETON, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Residential Landscape Architecture: Design Process for the Private Residence (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)

This book is truly a gem -- it clearly and concisely explains every imaginable aspect of residential landscape design using very straigtforward and easy to understand text and diagrams.

Ignore the fact that this seems to have been written as some sort of textbook for a beginer's course for professional landscape architects. I am an ordinary homeowner and I found the book to be easy and enjoyable to read, and quite educational. I now feel like I understand enough to design a professional quality landscape for my own home.

In case it matters, I own the second edition (Amazon is now selling the third edition). I can only assume that this latest edition is even better than the edition I have.

49 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars designing with ease!, May 13, 2001

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tal herman (rehovot, israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Residential Landscape Architecture: Design Process for the Private Residence (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

what an outstanding book! i discovered this book during a course in garden planning that i'm taking this semester( i'm a student at the faculty of agriculture at the uni of jerusalem, in isreal) and it practically has all that you need to plan a super garden: the illustations are clear to understand, are varriable and give plenty of examples and of course ideas. the solutions to a lot of problems i encountered while trying to plan different spaces and gardens during my course, were solved with ease after looking through this easy to understand book. i dearly recommend any one with even the slightest love or nearness to gardening , design or just plain old mother nature to go out and get this book - it will surely help you get your house and garden design going in the right direction.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Later Edition Available, May 18, 2005

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Jolly (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Residential Landscape Architecture: Design Process for the Private Residence (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)

This book is great, but you might like to know that a 4th addition of this book is now available. Type in - "Residential Landscape Architecture: Design Process for the Private Residence (4th Edition)" and check it out.