Landscape Architecture online

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Landscape Architecture online

GETTING STARTED
     Gateway Sites
     Directories
     Organizations & Networks

WORKING
     Jobs & Job Hunting
     Professional Practice
     Professional Associations

RESEARCH
     Research Guides
     Journals & Indexes
     Finding Images
     Academic & Research Programs

Landscape Architecture online lists a few web resources pertaining to landscape architecture, in support of the landscape architecture program at the University of California, Berkeley. Links to more comprehensive link collections are included. For online resources in environmental planning, see the web guide Environmental Planning (Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, Library). Note that abundant print resources related to landscape architecture are also available at the Berkeley campus; please consult the Environmental Design Library reference staff for assistance.

UC Berkeley faculty, registered students, and staff who are off campus may use items marked UCB Only or UC Only by using The Library's proxy service.

Compiled by Deborah Sommer
Landscape Architecture Librarian
Environmental Design Library
Last updated: 2 July 2008

Getting Started

Gateway Sites

Architecture and Building (Univ. of Nevada, Libraries) Topics covered in Jeanne Brown's guide include architecture, building and construction, design, planning, preservation, energy and the environment, and landscape architecture.

http://library.nevada.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/contents.html

Landscape Information Hub (LIH) (Univ. of Greenwich) Intended for landscape architecture teachers, learners, and practitioners. Includes descriptions of landscape design and planning projects as well as web links and print sources organized in topical subject guides. UK emphasis.

http://www.lih.gre.ac.uk/
Sapling: Architecture, Planning & Landscape Information Gateway Web sites are individually reviewed and rated. UK-based.

http://www.soult.com/sapling/

Directories
Print directories are also available in the Environmental Design Library; consult the Library's catalogs.

Encyclopedia of Associations/Associations Unlimited - UC Only A database of thousands of associations, searchable by name, location, or subject.

Online ed.: Go to The Library's home page. Go to Electronic Resources; select Electronic Resources Types A-Z; select Directories.

Paper ed.: Main HS17 G3 latest ed. in Doe Refe

LandscapeCatalog (Landscape Communications) Includes a directory of landscape architecture firms and other landscape professionals, listed by U.S. state.

http://landscapecatalog.com/

Landscapeonline.com (Landscape Communications) Includes directories of landscape professionals and supplies, listed by U.S. state.

http://www.landscapeonline.com/

Individual Organizations & Networks
Here is a small selection of landscape-focussed organizations and networks. See the gateway sites in this document for many more.

Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation U.S.

http://www.ahlp.org/
American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta

Online: http://www.aabga.org/

Paper directory: ENVI SB466 U6 D598 1998 Reference

California Horticultural Society Oldest plant association in California.

http://www.calhortsociety.org/

California Native Plant Society Has good links to gardens and arboreta.

http://www.cnps.org/

Cyberlandscape: European Green Heritage Includes many useful international links for landscape architecture; Belgian and European emphasis. In English and French.

http://www.cyberlandscape.com/base/home.asp?LG=uk

Environmental Design Research Association

http://www.edra.org/

Feng Shui Society

http://www.fengshuisociety.org.uk/

National Recreation and Park Association

http://www.nrpa.org/

Natural Hazards Center (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder) A national and international clearinghouse for information on natural hazards and human adjustments to hazards and disasters.

http://www.Colorado.EDU/hazards/

TreeLink Urban forestry. Includes links to other organizations and resources.

http://www.treelink.org/

Working

Jobs & Job Hunting

Job Hunting (UC Berkeley, Library) Includes online job listings, internships, career planning, creating portfolios, resumes, and more.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/jobs.html

Professional Practice

Landscape Architecture Professional Practice (UC Berkeley,Library) Includes professional licensing information, site planning, product specifications, and more. For information on 'green' or sustainable materials or construction, look for the green G.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/landscape_practice.html

Professional Associations

American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Includes job hunting information and links to other landscape sites.

Online: http://www.asla.org/

Paper directory: ENVI SB469 A632a Latest ed. Reference Desk

Association of Professional Landscape Designers

http://www.apld.com/

Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Canadian national organization for landscape professionals.

http://www.csla.ca/

Council of Botanical and Horticultural Libraries

http://www.cbhl.net/

Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Site includes links to schools with programs in landscape architecture.

http://www.thecela.org/

Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards

http://www.CLARB.org/

European Foundation for Landscape Architecture EFLA represents the national professional associations of landscape architects of the member countries of the European Union. Includes a directory of European schools of landscape architecture.

http://www.efla.org/

Landscape Institute U.K. national organization for landscape professionals.

http://www.l-i.org.uk/

Research

Research Guides
Here is a selection of guides to web & print resources for landscape architecture. For additional research guides see Environmental Design Library Guides.

Guides to Research: Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning (UC Berkeley, Library) Directory of 21 online research guides for landscape architecture.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/landguid.html

Information Sources for Landscape Architecture (Univ. of Florida, Libraries)

http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/afa/laa/default.htm

Landscape Architecture (Univ. of Maryland, Univ. Libraries) A useful bibliographic guide to selected print and electronic landscape architecture resources at the University of Maryland.

http://www.lib.umd.edu/ARCH/guides/landarch.html
Subject Guide for Landscape Architecture (Leeds Metropolitan Univ.) For the academic researcher, an online bibliography of print sources and web links, organized by broad topic.

http://www.lmu.ac.uk/lis/lss/subjinfo/landarch.htm

Journals & Indexes
For additional full text journals available online, see the UC Berkeley directory of electronic journals. Select Social Sciences, then Community and Urban Planning. Note that many of these journals are available only to University of California or UCB students and faculty.

Landscape Architecture Indexes & Abstracts (UC Berkeley, Library)

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/laindex.html

Finding Images
The Web can be a great source of landscape images. See also Image sources for the built environment (Environmental Design Library) for links to visual libraries on the Web.

American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920 (Harvard Univ.) This collection of approximately 2,800 lantern slides represents an historical view of American buildings and landscapes built during the period 1850-1920. Offers views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates and gardens, including a complete history of Boston's Park System. In addition to photographs, views include plans, maps, & models. Hundreds of private estates from all over the U.S. are represented in the collection through contemporary views of their houses and gardens. Also indexed in the American Memory project.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award97/mhsdhtml/aladhome.html

American Memory (U.S. Library of Congress) Multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library of Congress' Americana collections.

http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html

California Heritage Project (UC Berkeley, Library) A digital archive containing photographs, pictures, and manuscripts from the collections of The Bancroft Library. Includes many historical images of SF Bay Area places.

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CalHeritage/

History of Landscape Architecture (Univ. of Oregon, Dept. of Landscape Architecture) A selection of digitized color photographs of gardens, agriculture, classical Western landscapes, paradise gardens, Islamic, Spanish, Moghul, medieval gardens, 18th & 19th century America. Not searchable.

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~helphand/homepage.html

S.P.I.R.O. (UC Berkeley, Architecture Visual Resources Library) The visual online public access catalog to approximately 16% of the Architecture Slide Library's collection of over 200,000 35mm slides. The collection is available to UCB faculty and graduate students.

http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/spiro/

Vilar: Virtual Landscape Gallery Searchable database of 1700+ photographic images (primarily color) of European landscapes and gardens. Search by century (15th-20th), site name (use "touristic" search), garden feature (use "ornaments and construction" search), etc. In French or English.

http://www.vilar.com/

Academic & Research Programs

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection

http://www.doaks.org/

European Foundation for Landscape Architecture Includes a well-organized directory of European schools of landscape architecture.

http://www.efla.org/

Landscape Architecture College & University Departments (Yahoo!)

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Landscape_Architecture/Education/College_and_University_Departments/
Univ. of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Includes links to the Environmental Simulation Laboratory and the Research Program in Environmental Planning and Geographic Information Systems (REGIS).

http://new-laep.ced.berkeley.edu/

Originally compiled in 1997
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Copyright © 2008 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Document maintained on server: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ by Deborah Sommer.
Last updated 7/2/08. Server manager: Contact.