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L.A.R.E. Recommended Reading
L.A.R.E. reference material list prepared by the CLARB Examination Committee.
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Landscape Architect's Portable Handbook
Nicholas T. Dines; Kyle D. Brown (New York : McGraw-Hill, 2001).
Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, Student Edition
Leonard J. Hopper (Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2007).
Landscape Architecture Documentation Standards
Principles, Guidelines, and Best Practices / Design Workshop (Wiley, 2015).
Planning and Urban Design Standards
Frederick Steiner , Kent Butler , American Planning Association (Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, 2007).
Site Analysis
Informing Context-Sensitive and Sustainable Site Planning and Design 3rd Edition / James A. LaGro Jr. (Wiley, 2013).
Site Engineering for Landscape Architects
Steven Strom, Kurt Nathan, Jake Woland (Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2013).
The Sustainable Sites Handbook
A Complete Guide to the Principles, Strategies, and Practices for Sustainable Landscapes / Meg Calkins (Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2012).
Sustainable Stormwater Management
A Landscape-driven Approach to Planning and Design / Thomas W. Liptan, with J. David Santen Jr. (Portland, Ore. : Timber Press, 2017).
Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture
2nd Edition / Charles W. Harris & Nicholas T. Dines (New York : McGraw-Hill, 1998).
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