SCHOOL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURELOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

GRADUATE PROGRAM

The Master of Landscape Architecture program at Louisiana State University providesstudents with the opportunity to explore the role of nature, culture, and individuals inshaping the built environment through the activity of design. The Lower MississippiValley, a rich cultural and natural region, serves as a laboratory for examination of theprocesses of landscape evolution and design.

LSU is a Research University 1, placing it in the top 2 percent of the nation’s colleges and universities. The MLA programbelongs to the Southern Academic Common Market, offering students from five southern states resident tuition.Assistantships and other financial aid are available to qualified applicants.

Study tracks for students with degrees in design fields and for those seeking a first professional degree with bachelor’ s degreesfrom other fields accommodate a range of individual student interests.

For further information contact: Suzanne Turner, Graduate CoordinatorGraduate Studies in Landscape ArchitectureSchool of Landscape Architecture302 New Design BuildingLouisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, Louisiana 70803

Master of Science in

Environmental Resources

School of Planning and

Landscape Architecture

Arizona State University

Box 872005

Tempe, AZ 85287-2005

602 965-7167

New books from University Press of Florida

Pioneer of Tropical Landscape ArchitectureWilliam Lyman Phillips in Florida

Faith Reyher Jackson

"The first comprehensive study of Phillips, by someonewho knew him .... A significant, in-depth, and highlyentertaining biography of [the man who] was one of thefirst to develop landscaping with tropical and subtropicalplants [and who].., left us with one great masterpiece--the Fairchild Tropical Garden."--R. Brinsley Burbidge,director, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami170 b&w photographs, list of projects, notes, bibliogra-phy, index. Cloth, $34.95

Illustrations featured--top: Matheson Hammock StatePark, South Miami; below, left: vine pergola with initialplanting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, South Miami; right:Mountain Lake Colony, Lake Wales.

Florida Gardeningby the SeaMary Jane McSwain

"A wealth of practical information onplants and gardening techniques,supplemented by valuable anecdotalreferences that only someone withtremendous personal experience couldshare .... I am a great fan of Mrs.McSwain... [and] this is a very specialbook."--Tom Underwood, manager ofhorticulture services, Walt Disney World35 color photographs, 7 line drawings,3 tables, glossary, bibliography, index.Cloth, $24.95

Common Coastal Plantsin FloridaA Guide to Plantingand MaintenanceEdited by Michael R. Barnettand David W. Crewz"If you are challenged by trying togarden on property facing salt orbrackish water, here’s help."mSouthern Living¯ "This is the homeowner’s completetome to coastal (read that ’salt-tolerant’)plants .... A great guide for home oroffice areas.’--Palm Beach Post40 color photographs, 35 drawings,bibliography, glossary. Paper, $17.95

Of Related Interest

Palms of South FloridaGeorge B. StevensonPaper, $19.95

Florida Landscape Plants:Native and ExoticJohn V. Watkins and Thomas J. SheehanPaper, $15.95

Your Florida GardenJohn V. Watkins and Herbert S. WolfePaper, $14.95

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UNIVERSITY PRESS OF

FLORIDAGainesville, Tallahassee,Tampa, Boca Raton,Pensacola, Orlando,Miami, Jacksonville

Applications are invited for this tenure track faculty,teaching and research position in the identification,selection and use of plants in the managed landscape.The successful candidate will teach courses in woodylandscape plants, and an advanced course in their areaof expertise. The development of an extramurally fundedresearch program in ecology, genetics, physiology, orsystematics of landscape plants, or related area, isessential. The initial responsibilities will be approximately60% teaching and 40% research. It is expected that theindividual will coordinate their teaching and researchefforts with faculty in horticulture, landscape architecture,and other related programs such as turfgrass science andurban forestry. Excellent opportunities for collaborationinclude the Department of Horticulture’s Center for PlantEnvironmental Stress Physiology, and Center forCommunity and Environmental Design. Advisingundergraduate students in the landscape horticulture andpublic horticulture curricula, as welt as MS and PhDstudents is expected. A PhD in horticulture, botany,ecology or a related field is required. Postdoctoral

research experience and demonstrated expertise in woodylandscape plants are desirable. Salary will be competitiveand commensurate with training and experience.Applicant screening will begin September 1, 1997.Interested individuals should send a resume, statementof teaching philosophy and research interests and goals,copies of representative publications (up to five), and threeletters of reference to :

Dr. Michael N. DanaSearch Committee ChairmanDepartment of HorticulturePurdue University1165 Horticulture BuildingWest Lafayette, IN 47907-1165Phone: 765.494.5923Fax: 765.494.0391e-mail: dana@hort.purdue.edu.

The Department of Horticulture values ethnic and genderdiversity. Therefore, women and minority candidates areencouraged to apply. Purdue University is an EqualOpportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.

ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR POSITION

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN/3-D COMeUTEn MODELING

BEGINNING ACADEMIC Y~u 1998-99An Assistant or Associate Professor position is availablebeginning in academic year 1998-99 for a person quali-fied to offer graduate-level studio instruction in land-scape architectural design and, as an adjunct to that,coursework in 3-D computer modeling and animation,and, if appropriate, in combined advanced studio andcomputer modeling. This full-time position may befilled for a fixed initial term, normally of four years,with responsibilities for teaching, scholarship, andadministration. Candidates should have demonstratedexcellence in landscape architectural design as well assome teaching and professional practice experience.They should also have a proven record of scholarlyproductivity in the field of 3-D computer modeling ordemonstrate an ability to do so in the future.

Applications arc invited before 1 November 1997 onthe application forms available from: Office of FacultyPlanning, Harvard University Graduate School ofDesign, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, TEL:617-495-5409, FAX: 617-496-5310. Applicants shouldalso include non-returnable copies of their most rele-vant digital work and publications, if any, with theirapplications. Ha~;ard University is an EqualOpportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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THE MUSES OF GWINNArt and Nature in a GardenDesigned by Warren H.Manning, Charles A. Platt,

& Ellen Biddle Shipman

ROBIN KARSONHonor Award -ASLA 1996

"...readers who love landscapeand garden history will feelthemselves transported, as if bya tale of great adventure."-Catherine Howett, Journal ofNew England Garden History

THE GARDENS OFELLEN BIDDLESHIPMANJUDITH TANKARD

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THE BULLETINS OFREEF POINT GARDENSBEATRIX FARRANDBeatrix Farrand (1872-1959) wasone of America’s preeminentlandscape gardeners. At ReefPoint, her summer home in BarHarbor, Maine, she designedextensive gardens. For ten yearsstarting in 1946, the garden’sprogress was documented in aseries of articles covering allaspects of design and maintenance.

From a previously unpublishedarchive of correspondence, andhistorical photographs, the authorpresents a richly detailed andfascinating account of the estate’sdevelopment. The battle of stylebetween formal and informaldesign principles, that was centralto Gwinn’s creation, illustrates thelarger picture of emerging stylein American landscape design.

216pages, 115 illus.$39.95 hardcover

A superb biography of one ofAmerica’s first and most successfulwomen landscape architects. Anintroduction by Leslie Rose Closeputs Shipman’s work in the contextof the period, and of other successfulwomen in the profession. Theafterword by John Miller describesthe restoration of Stan Hywet inAkron, Ohio, which is now opento the public.

250 pages, 208 illus.$39.95 hardcover

Published together for the firsttime, these bulletins provide anhistorical and horticultural legacythat will interest gardeners in allparts of the United States. PaulaDietz’s fascinating introductionplaces Farrand’s work in contextand adds much previouslyunpublished information abouther life and career.

144 pages, 58 illus.$25 hardcover

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THE CULTIVATED WILDERNE~Or, What Is Landscape?Paul Shepheard

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THE POWER OF PLACEUrban Landscapesas Public HistoryDolores Hayden"...a well-timed, well-reasoned call for fusinghistory and the environment to create a more

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ACCENTS ASWELL AS BROADEFFECTSWritings on Architecture, Landscape,and the Environment, 1876-192SMarlana Griswold Van RensselaerSelected and Edited by David G~bhard

Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer is highlyregarded for her biography of the nineteenth-century architect Henry Hobson l~ichardson. Lesswell known are her writings on architecture,decorative art, gardening, and landscape design,works that provide a rare view of cities and rural

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Landscape Research

Landscape Research is distinctive in combining original research papers with reflectivecritiques of landscape practice. Contributions to the journal appeal to a wide academic andprofessional readership, and reach an interdisciplinary and international audience. Whilstunified by a focus on the landscape, the coverage of Landscape Research is wide ranging.Topic areas include: environmental design ¯ countryside management ¯ ecology andenvironmental conservation ¯ land surveying ¯ human and physical geography ¯ behaviouraland cultural studies ¯ archaeology and history.

1997 - Volume 22. 3 issues. ISSN 0142-6397.

Online and Increasing to 6 issues in 1997!

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

The Journal of Environmental Planning and Management is both international andinterdisciplinary in its scope and content. For readers, JEPMoffers the very best papers onenvironmental research, policy evaluation and practice ~om around the world. For authors,JEPM offers a fast and constructive review process and accepted papers are normallypublished within 12 months of first submission. JEPMis the foremost outlet for readers,researchers and others seeking a truly international and interdisciplinary perspective.

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1997 - Volume 40. 6 issues. ISSN 0964-0568. Online: ISSN 1360-0559.

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Handbookof LandscapeArchitectural ConstructionThe Handbook of Landscape Architectural Construction is a must-have desk reference forevery practicing landscape architect. Tiffs four volume series offers comprehensive coverageof the practical elements of executing a landscape design--processes, procedures andmaterials--written by experts specializing in construction.

Handbook ofLandscapeArchitectureVolume l

Maurice Nelischer,EditorPublished by theLandscape ArchitectureFoundation,Washington, DC

1985, 385pp.,tables,charts, graphs, mapsand detailsMember Price $40. O0Stock #609B

Volume I: The Construction Process

This first vohime is a practical review ofthe ~najor steps of the constrnction process,from plans through legal concerns. Itincludes how-to’s for many necessarycalculations, handy reference tables,sample contracts and much more.

Table of Contents1 Preparation of Construction Plans2 Landscape Grading Design3 Layout and Dimensioning4 Surveying and Measuring5 Site Construction Details6 Technical Aspects of Planting7 Surface Water Drainage8 Specifications9 Construction Observation and

Evaluation10 Metric Practice11 Design/Build12 Legal Concerns for the Landscape

Architect

Handbook ofLandscapeArchitectureVolume II

Maurice Nelischer,EditorPublished by theLandscape ArchitectureFoundation,Washington, DC

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Volume II: Site Works

Site Works gathers a wide range ofconstrnction-related intbr+nation intoone resource. It includes informative,practical descriptions of many of thecommon problems faced by designers,from vehicle traffic to the particulars ofdesigning sports facilities.

Table of Contents1 Vehicular Circulation2 Design for the Handicapped3 Site Utilities4 Sports Facilities5 Microcomputers and Landscape

Architecture6 Retaining Walls7 Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation8 Channels and Ponds Useable Pedestrian Area

Chapter 7, Volume II

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THE EVOLVINGLANDSCAPEHomer Aschmann’s GeographyEDITED BYMARTIN J. PASQUALETTIwith a foreword by John B.Jackson

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HOMO GEOGRAPHICUSA Framework for Action,Awareness, and Moral ConcernROBERT DAVID SACK

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Creating the North American LandscapeGregory Conniff, Bonnie Loyd, Edward I~ Muller, and David Schuyler,

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MAGNETIC LOS ANGELESPlanning the Twentieth-CenturyMetropolisGREG HISEThe twentieth-century metro-politan expanse, Hise argues, isthe product of consciousplanning~by policymakers,industrialists, design professionals,community-builders, and home-buyers--in direct response topolitical and economic conditions.256 pages, 59 illustrations, $35.95 cloth

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EVERYDAYARCHITECTUREOF THE MID-ATLANTICLooking at Buildings and LandscapesGABRIELLE M. LANIER ANDBERNARD L. HERMAN

This pioneering field guide to theregion’s historic vernaculararchitecture describes theremarkably diverse buildingtraditions that have overlappedand influenced one another forgenerations.

392 pages, 344 illustrations,$29.95 paper

THE NEW ENGLANDVILLAGEJOSEPH S.WOODThe New England village is one ofthe enduring icons of theAmerican historical imagination.Yet this village is a nineteenth-century place, argues JosephWood, and its association withthe colonial past a nineteenth-century romantic invention.248 pages, 82 illustrations, $39.95 cloth

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ALLIGATORS,Prehistoric Presence in theAmerican LandscapePHOTOGRAPHS AND TEXT BYMARTHA STRAWNwith essays by LeRoy Overstreet,Jane Gibson, and J. Whi~eld GibbonsThis unique book combines art,science, history, folklore, landethics, and literature to tell thestory of America’s southernlandscape and one of its mostevocative creatures.240 pages, 160 color photographs,$39.95 cloth

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