Residential Landscape Architecture: Design Process for the Private Residence

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 designexploring 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.

James E. Hiss is currently a Principal of The EDGE Group, a Columbus, Ohio firm he co-founded, which specializes in landscape architecture, planning, and graphic design. Norman K. Booth is currently a full professor, teaching courses in introductory design, site planning, and urban design at both the graduate and undergraduate levels at Ohio State University.