Barry Starke - Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition: A Manual of Environmental Planning and Design

About the Authors

Barry W. Starke has been a leader in the profession of landscape architecture for more than 40 years. He graduated with a degree in landscape architecture from the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1967. While at Berkeley, he was introduced to the first edition of Landscape Architecture, which became a major influence on his career. In 1974, Mr. Starke co-founded the award-winning, multidisciplinary landscape architecture and environmental design firm Earth Design Associates, Inc., and continues to serve as President. In 1988, he was elected to the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Architecture, where he taught Professional Practice. Mr. Starke served as the Centennial President of the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1999, leading ASLAs 100th-anniversary celebration. He is a Fellow of the ASLA, is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and served as Chairman of the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation. In 2003, Mr. Starke received the inaugural M. Meade Palmer Medal for outstanding contributions to landscape architecture. He is the 2010 recipient of the VA ASLA Landmark Award and Honor Award in Communications for the fourth edition of Landscape Architecture.

John Ormsbee Simonds, who died in May 2005, was one of the twentieth centurys most important figures in landscape architecture and environmental planning. He was recognized worldwide for his visionary thinking and innovative spirit. Mr. Simondss work and career spanned more than 70 years, bridging an era during which the profession of landscape architecture expanded from a small number of individuals in the early 1900s to more than 30,000 land use and environmental planners in the United States today. His many contributions, including Landscape Architecture, helped lay the groundwork for todays focus on environmentally responsible planning and design. Mr. Simonds was President and a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, which awarded him its highest honor, the ASLA Medal, and its one-time Centennial Presidents Medal. He was a member of the Presidents Task Force on the Environment and Florida Governors Task Force on Natural Resources, and was a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Design in Great Britain.

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This book is dedicated

To Marj

Marjorie Todd Simonds, 19202012

Wife of John Ormsbee Simonds for 63 years, without whose help and inspiration the first and subsequent editions of this book would not have been written.

I also wish to acknowledge that this edition would not have been possible but for the generous contributions of my landscape architect colleagues, firms, and agencies around the world; the many outstanding photographers; the support of my wife, Laurie; the work of my staff; and, especially, the enthusiasm, dedication, and tireless devotion of my assistant, landscape architect Breanna Rau.

Barry W. Starke

Contents

Prologue

In 1961, over 50 years ago, the first edition of Landscape Architecture was published and instantly filled the void that existed for a comprehensive presentation of the profession and how to plan for the human use of land harmoniously with the environment. These were the early days of what became known as the environmental movement, sparked by a series of wake-up calls, such as Rachel Carsons book Silent Spring, sending a signal throughout the countryand, indeed, the worldthat people had to fundamentally change the way they viewed and interacted with their surroundings. No longer could we continue to think we had dominion over the Earth and ignore the fact that we are an inseparable part of nature and nature is part of us. No longer could we destroy our forests, abuse our soil, pollute our air and water, squander our natural resources, and overpopulate the Earth without dire future consequences.