LDA 201/Winter 2002/Francis

LDA 201/Mark Francis

UCD/Spring 2007

Theory and Philosophy of the Designed Environment

A Selected Bibliography

Architecture

Alexander, C. The Nature of Order. Berkeley: Center for Environmental Structure. 2003.

Alexander, C. et. al. A Pattern Language. New York: Oxford University Press. 1984.

Habraken, N. J. The Appearance of the Form. Cambridge, MA: Awater Press, 1988.

Hays, K. M. Architecture Theory since 1969. (Ed.). Cambridge: MIT Press. 2000.

Jencks, C. and K. Kropf. (Eds.). Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture. New York: Wiley. 1997.

Koolhaus, R. SMLXL. New York: Monacelli Press. 1995.

Kostoff, S. A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals. New York: Oxford University Press. 1985.

Lang, J. Creating Architectural Theory. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. 1987.

Nesbitt, J. K. (Ed.). Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture: An Anthology of Architectural Theory 1965-1995. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. 1996.

Scully, V. Modern Architecture and Other Essays. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. 2003.

Thiis-Evensen, T. Archetypes in Architecture. Oslo, Norway: Norwegian University Press, 1991.

Venturi, R. Learning from Las Vegas. Cambridge: MIT Press. 1977.

Venturi, R. Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture. New York: Museum of Modern Art. 1990.

Design/Design Methods

Arnheim, R. The Dynamics of Architectural Form. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1977.

Csikszentmihalyi, M. Creativitity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention. New York: Harper Collins. 1997.

Francis, M. The Case Study Method for Landscape Architecture. Washington, DC: Landscape Architecture Foundation. 2001.

Jones, J. C. Design Methods. London, UK: John Wiley & Sons, 1980.

Lawson, B. How Designers Think. London: The Architectural Press, 1980.

Norman, D. A. The Psychology of Everyday Things. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1988.

Rowe, P. G. Design Thinking. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987.

Weisberg, R. W. Creativity: Genius and Other Myths. New York: W. H. Freeman. 1986.

Ecology/Sustainability

Cronon, W. Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West. New York: Norton. 1992.

Davis, M. The Ecology of Fear. New York: Vintage. 1999.

Francis, M. Village Homes: A Community by Design. Washington, DC: Island Press. 2003.

Hough, M. City Form and Natural Processes. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY, 1984.

Little, C. Greenways for America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 1990.

Lyle, J. T. Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development, New York: Wiley. 1994.

McHarg, I. M. Design with Nature. New York: Wiley. 1967.

Spirn, A. W.The Granite Garden: Urban Nature & Human Design. New York: Basic Books. 1985.

Steele, J. Sustainable Architecture: Principles, Paradigms, and Case Studies. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1997.

Thayer, R. Gray World, Green Heart. New York: Wiley. 1994.

Thayer, R. Lifeplace. Berkeley: UC Press. 2002.

Thompson, G. F, & F. R. Steiner (Eds.), Ecological Design and Planning, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997.

Van der Ryn, S. & P. Calthorpe. Sustainable Communities. San Francisco: Sierra Books. 1986.

Van Der Ryn, S. and S. Cowan, Ecological Design. Washington, DC: Island Press. 1996.

Environmental Psychology/Social Factors

Altman, I. The Environment and Social Behavior. New York: Irving Publishers, 1975.

Cranz, G.The Politics of Park Design. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 1982.

Francis, M. Urban Open Spaces: Designing for User Needs. Washington, DC: Island Press. 2003.

Hiss, T. The Experience of Place. New York: Vintage. 1991.

Cooper-Marcus, C. & C. Francis (Eds.). People Places: Design Guidelines for Urban Open Space. New York: Wiley. 1997.

Garvin, A. and G. Berens. Urban Parks and Open Spaces. Washington: The Urban Land Institute. 1997.

Kaplan, R. and S. Kaplan.The Experience of Nature. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1989.

Nasar, J. Environmental Aesthetics: Theory, Research, Application. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1992.

Moore, G and R. Marans (Eds.). Advances in Environment, Behavior, and Design : Toward the Integration of Theory, Methods, Research, and Utilization. New York: Plenum. 1997.

Steiner, F. Human Ecology. Washington, DC: Island Press. 2003.

Whyte, W.The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. Washington: Conservation Foundation. 1980.

Zeisel, J. Inquiry by Design. New York: Norton. 2006.

Landscape Architecture

Amidon, J. Radical Landscapes. New York: Thames and Hudson. 2004.

Corner, J. Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Architecture. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. 1999.

Francis, M. and R. Hester. (Eds.). The Meaning of Gardens. Cambridge: MIT Press. 1990.

Hester, R. Design for Ecological Democracy. Cambridge: MIT Press. 2006.

Hirschfeld, C. Theory of Garden Art. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2001.

Hunt, J. D. Greater Perfections: The Practice of Garden Theory. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2000.

Jackson, J. B. Discovering the Vernacular Landscape. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1986.

Johnson, J. Modern Landscape Architecture. New York: Abbeville Press. 1991.

Moore, C. et. al. The Poetics of Gardens. Cambridge: MIT Press. 1993.

Swaffield, Simon (Ed.). Theory in Landscape Architecture: A Reader. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2002.

Spirn, A. W.The Language of Landscape. New Haven: Yale. 2002.

Treib, M. (Ed.) Modern Landscape Architecture. Cambridge: MIT Press. 1993.

Walker, P. and M. Simo. Invisible Gardens. Cambridge: MIT Press. 1994.

Participation

Forester, J. F. The Deliberative Practitioner. Cambridge: MIT Press. 1999.

Hester, R. T.Planning Neighborhood Space with People. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. 1984.

Hester, R. T. Community Design Primer. Mendocino, CA: Ridge Times Press. 1990.

Iacofano, D. Meeting of the Minds. Berkeley: MIG Communications. 2001.

Nelessen, A. Visions for a New American Dream. Washington, DC: APA Planners Press, 1994.

Sanoff, H. Community Participation Methods in Planning and Design. New York: Wiley. 1999.

Practice

Cuff, D. Architecture: The Story of Practice. Cambridge: MIT Press. 1992.

Forester, J. The Deliberative Practitioner. Cambridge: MIT Press. 1999.

Lynch, K. and G. Hack, Site Planning. Cambridge: MIT Press. 1984.

Sohon, D.A The Reflective Practitioner. New York: Basic Books. 1983.

Urban Design/Urbanism

Alexander, C. A New Theory of Urban Design. New York: Oxford University Press. 1987.

Carr, S. M. Francis, L. Rivlin and A. Stone. Public Space. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1992.

Calthorpe, P. The Next American Metropolis. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. 1993.

Calthorpe, P. and W. Fulton. The Regional City. Washington, DC: Island Press. 2003.

Davis, M. City of Quartz. New York: Vintage. 1992.

Garvin, A. The American City: What Works and What Doesn't. New York: McGraw Hill. 1995.

Garvin, A. and G. Berens. Urban Parks and Open Spaces. Washington: The Urban Land Institute. 1997.

Hall. P. Cities of Tomorrow. New York: Blackwell. 1996.

Jacobs, A. Great Streets. Cambridge: MIT Press. 1995.

Kunstler, J. The Geography of Nowhere. New York: Free Press. 1994.

Kostof, S. The City Shaped. New York: Bullfinch. 1993.

Lynch, K. The Image of the City. Cambridge: MIT Press. 1961.

Lynch, K. Good City Form. Cambridge: MIT Press. 1981.

Mumford, M. The City in History. New York: Harvest. 1968.

Mumford, L.The Culture of Cities. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1970.

Sorkin, M. (Ed.). Variations on a Theme Park. New York: Noonday Press. 1992.

Urban Planning

Campbell, S. (Ed.) and S. S. Fainstein (Eds.). Readings in Planning Theory. New York: Blackwell. 1996.

Forester, J. Planning in the Face of Power. Berkeley: UC Press. 1989.

Gans, H. The Urban Villagers. New York: Free Press. 1975.

Hayden, D. Building Suburbia. New Haven: Yale. 2000.

Jacobs, J. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. 1961.

Taylor, N. Urban Planning Theory Since 1945. Los Angeles: Sage. 1998.

Useful Websites & Organizations

American Community Gardening Association:

American Planning Association:

American Planning Association Planning Advisory Service (PAS):

Children’s Environments Research Group, CUNY:

Children and Youth Environments:

Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture:

Environmental Design Research Association:

Harvard GSD GIS site:

Project for Public Spaces:

Landscape Architecture Foundation:

Trust for Public Land:

University of Toronto CLIP site:

Urban Land Institute:

Urban Land Institute Project Reference Files:

Urban Parks Institute:

Urban Parks Institute Park Places Case Studies:

Useful Journals

American Planning Association Journal

Architecture

Architectural Record

Architectural Review (Britain)

Children's and Youth Environments (formerly Children’s Environments)

Dwell

Environment & Behavior

Journal of Architectural & Planning Research

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Journal of Planning Literature

Journal of Planning Theory

Journal of Urban Design

Landscape

Landscape Architecture

Landscape Journal

Landscape Research

Landscape Design (Britain)

Landscape and Urban Planning

Places

Planning

Progressive Architecture

Research-Design Connections

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