History and Biography Books by ASLA Members
Rich histories and visual records showcasing the work and legacy of landscape architects and their firms—both contemporary and historic.
75 Years / Pennsylvania-Delaware ASLA (Blurb, 2016).
Andrea Cochran : Landscapes / Mary Myers (New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2009).
Beauty of the Wild: A Life Designing Landscapes Inspired by Nature / Darrel Morrison (Library Of American Landscape History, 2021).
Bernard Trainor: Ground Studio Landscapes / Bernard Trainor (Princeton Architectural Press, 2019).
Beyond Bold: Inspiration, Collaboration, Evolution / Eric Groft, Sheila Brady, Lisa Delplace, Oehme, van Sweden | OvS (Pointed Leaf Press, 2022).
Charleston Gardens and the Landscape Legacy of Loutrel Briggs / James R. Cothran (Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 2010).
Coen+Partners: Contextual Minimalism: Landscape Architecture and Urbanism / Shane Coen (Princeton Architectural Press, 2018).
The Cultivated Wild: Gardens and Landscapes by Raymond Jungles / Raymond Jungles; Charles A Birnbaum (New York : The Monacelli Press, 2015).
Dan Kiley : The Complete Works of America's Master Landscape Architect / Dan Kiley and Jane Amidon (Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1999).
Depositions: Roberto Burle Marx and Public Landscapes under Dictatorship / Catherine Seavitt Nordenson (University of Texas Press, 2018).
Doing Almost Nothing: The Landscapes of Georges Descombes / Marc Treib (ORO Editions, 2019).
Dynamic Geographies: W Architecture and Landscape Architecture / Barbara Wilks (Novato, California : ORO Editions, 2021).
Envisioning Landscapes: The Transformative Environments of OJB / OJB Landscape Architecture (New York : Monacelli, 2021).
The Essential Ian McHarg : Writings on Design and Nature / Ian L. McHarg ; edited by Frederick R. Steiner (Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 2006).
Fertilizers: Olin/Eisenman / Julia Czerniak; Peter Eisenman; Claudia Gould; Laurie Olin (Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania, Inst. of Contemporary Art, 2006).
Frederick Law Olmsted: Plans and Views of Communities and Private Estates (The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted) / Charles E. Beveridge, Lauren Meier, and Irene Mills, eds. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 2020).
The Garden Diary of Martha Turnbull, Mistress of Rosedown Plantation / Suzanne Turner, ed. (LSU Press, 2012).
The Gardens of Florence Everts / Adrian Higgins (Washington, D.C. : Spacemaker Press, 2010).
Garrett Eckbo : Modern Landscapes for Living / Marc Treib, Dorothée Imbert (Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997).
GGN: Landscapes 1999-2018 / Thaïsa Way, Jennifer Guthrie, Kathryn Gustafson, and Shannon Nichol (Timber Press, 2018).
The Good Garden: The Landscape Architecture of Edmund Hollander Design / Edmund Hollander and Anne Raver (New York : Monacelli Press, 2015).
Grounded: The Works of Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg / Michael Van Valkenburgh; Kelty McKinnon; Chris Phillips; Marta Farevaag; Greg Smallenberg; (Vancouver, B.C. : Blueimprint, 2010).
Hocker: 2005-2020 Landscapes / David L. Hocker (The Monacelli Press, 2020).
Hops: Historic Photographs of the Oregon Hopscape / Kenneth I. Helphand (Oregon State University Press, 2020).
Illustrated History of Landscape Design / Elizabeth Boults; Chip Sullivan (Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2010).
Iona Dreaming : The Healing Power of Place / Clare Cooper Marcus (Lake Worth, Fla. : Nicolas-Hays, 2010).
James Rose : A Voice Offstage / Dean Cardasis (Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2017).
Ken Smith : Landscape Architect / Ken Smith (New York : Monacelli Press, 2009).
Landscape Design: A Cultural and Architectural History / Elizabeth Barlow Rogers (New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2001).
Landscapes in History, 2nd Edition / Philip Pregill; Nancy Volkman (New York : Wiley, 1999).
Landscape Observatory: The Work of Terence Harkness / M. Elen Demming (Applied Research & Design, 2017).
Lawrence Halprin / Kenneth I. Helphand (Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2017).
Love Every Leaf : The Life of Landscape Architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander / Kathy Stinson (Toronto : Tundra Books, 2008).
The Man Who Loved Trees / Annaliese Bischoff (Koehler, 2024).
Martha Schwartz Partners: Landscape Art and Urbanism / Martha Schwartz Partners (Menges, 2018).
The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979 / edited by Lucy Lawliss, Caroline Loughlin, and Lauren Meier (National Association for Olmsted Parks, 2008).
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates : Reconstructing Urban Landscapes / edited by Anita Berrizbeitia (New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2009).
Movement and Meaning : The Landscapes of Hoerr Schaudt / Douglas Hoerr, Peter Lindsay Schaudt (New York : Monacelli Press, 2017).
Nelson Byrd Woltz: Garden, Park, Community, Farm / Warren T Byrd; Thomas L Woltz; Stephen Orr; Elizabeth Meyer (New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2013).
Noguchi's Gardens: Landscape as Sculpture / Marc Treib (ORO Editions, 2024).
Olin : Placemaking / Laurie Olin (New York : Monacelli Press, 2008).
Olmsted and Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park Idea / Rolf Diamant and Ethan Carr (Library Of American Landscape History, 2022).
Pamela Burton Landscapes / Pamela Burton (New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2010).
Pioneers of American Landscape Design / Charles A. Birnbaum, Robin Karson (New York : McGraw Hill, 2000).
Public Spaces, Private Gardens: A History of Designed Landscapes in New Orleans / Lake Douglas (Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2011).
PWP Landscape Architecture: Building Ideas / Peter Walker, John Dixon Hunt, and Gina Crandell (ORO Editions, 2017).
A Quest for Life : An Autobiography / Ian L. McHarg (New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1996).
Recycling Spaces : Curating Urban Evolution : The Landscape Design of Martha Schwartz Partners / Emily Waugh (San Raphael, CA: ORO Editions, 2011).
Robert Royston / Reuben M. Rainey and JC Miller (University of Georgia Press, 2020).
Roberto Burle Marx Lectures: Landscape as Art and Urbanism / Gareth Doherty (Zurich: Lars Müller Publishers, 2018).
Ruth Shellhorn / Kelly Comras (Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2016).
The Scenic Route: Building Minnesota's North Shore / Arnold R. Alanen (University of Minnesota, 2025).
Selected Works of Landscape Architect John L. Wong: From Private To Public Ground From Small To Tall / John L. Wong (Oscar Riera Ojeda, 2024).
Serious Fun: The Landscapes of Claude Cormier / Marc Treib and Susan Herrington (Novato, CA : ORO Editions, 2021).
Shaping the American Landscape : New Profiles from the Pioneers of American Landscape Design Project / edited by Charles A. Birnbaum and Stephanie S. Foell (Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009).
Shaping the Postwar Landscape: New Profiles from the Pioneers of American Landscape Design Project / edited by Charles A. Birnbaum and Scott Craver (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018).
Son of a Kulák : How a Hungarian Farm Boy Survived World War II and Escaped Stalinist Oppression for a New Life in America / Julius Gy Fabos (Bloomington, Ind. : iUniverse, 2010).
Thomas Balsley: Uncommon Ground / James Corner (Novato, Calif. : Oro editions, 2015).
Unbounded Practice : Women and Landscape Architecture in the Early Twentieth Century / Thaïsa Way (Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009).
The Vanguard Landscapes and Gardens of Martha Schwartz / edited by Tim Richardson (New York : Thames & Hudson, 2004).
Warren H. Manning, Landscape Architect and Environmental Planner / edited by Robin Karson, Jane Roy Brown, and Sarah Allaback (Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2016).
Women in Landscape Architecture : Essays on History and Practice / Louise A. Mozingo and Linda Jewell (Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2012).
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