LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 1151

 

All students are encouraged to browse the magazine racks in the Design Resource Center and to look over the various publications for Landscape Architecture.  Note that there are foreign, as well as domestic, publications that are of value.  Landscape Architecture Magazine is published monthly.

 

SUGGESTED READING SCHEDULE FOR LA 1151

 

September

 

     8                 “Epilogue,” John Simonds.   Landscape Architecture, p. 221-229.  This reading is supplemental to the three lectures by Max Conrad that deal with the historical overview of Landscape Architecture.  Landscape Architecture, March 1977, p. 128-139.

 

                        “Thomas D. Church: His Role in American Landscape Architecture,” Messenger, P.                     Landscape Architecture, March 1977, p. 128-129.

 

      10              “The Beholding Eye: Ten Versions of the Same Landscape,” Meing, D.  The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes, p.33-47.

 

      11              “Landscape Planning,” Lauri M.   An Introduction to Landscape Architecture, p. 85-99.

 

      17              “Importance of a Garden,”  Womack, W.  Garden Design, Spring 1983, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 88-91, and “The Garden,”, from Paul Bowleds’ Collected Stories 1939-1976, p. 363-365.

 

“Art and Design,” Eckbo, G.  The Landscape We See, p. 45-49.  Selected portion.

 

      24              “ASLA Code of Professional Ethics.”

 

      25              “Participating Renews the Inner City,”  Butterfield, D. Landscape Architecture, Nov/Dec 1984, p. 68-71.

 

      29              “Traditional Design Phases,” Roberts, J.   The Building Site-Planning and Practice, p 5-9.

 

                        “Design Implementation,” Lynch, K.   Site Planning, (First Edition), p. 122-130

 

October

 

      6                “Architectural Use of Plant Material,” Booth, N.K.  Basic Elements of Landscape    Architectural design, p. 71-83.

 

                        “Visual Form,” Lynch, K.   Site Planning (First Edition), Chapter 5, p. 55-63.

       8               “Functional Use of Landsform,” Booth, N.K.   Basic Elements of Landscape Architectural Design, p. 49-65.

           

      10              .“A Park for the People,” Beaveridge, C.E.   Natural History, Vol. 92, No. 8, August 1983, p. 29-38.           

 

      15              “Raw Emotion to Intellectual Delight-Landscape’s Affective Domain,” Tuan, Y.   Landscape Architecture, March 1978, p. 132-134.

 

      20              “Is it Art?” Krug, S.  Landscape Architecture, Vol. 71, No. 3, May 1981, p. 373-375.

 

      22              “Architecture,”  Eckbo, G.  The Landscape We See, p. 75-95, Selected portion.

 

      26              Interior Design Furniture Arrangement and Space Planning, p. 644-653.

 

29              “Confrontation: Community Values Versus Freeways,” Halprin, L.    Freeways, p. 47-55.

 

November

 

3               Louisiana Swamp Exhibit.  A Guide to the Cultural Exhibits and a Brief History of Man in the Swamp.  Abbey, D.G., et al.  New Orleans Audubon Zoological Garden, 1984.  Selected portions.

 

 4               “The FDR Memorial.  Halprin Redefines the Monumental Landscape,” Aidala, T. and G. Flack.  Landscape Architecture, January 1979, p. 42-45.

 

  5              “Urban Spaces,” Halprin, L.  Cities, p. 11-15.

 

 

        7              “The Many Guises of Suburbia,”    Landscapes, Zube, E., Ed., p. 113-115.

 

       14             “Street Life,” Whyte, W.  Natural History, Vol. 89, No. 8, August 1980, p. 62-69.

 

      26              “Groudwater, One of Our Greatest Resources: Why be Concerned?”  Artunc, Sadik C.

 

December

 

       1               “Kids Don’t Need Equipment, They Need Opportunity,” Shell, E.R.  Smithsonian, July 1994, p. 79-84.