Last revised: July 2009
Architecture Resources Gateway - Landscape
Concepts: Architectural design; site planning; environmental restoration; town or urban planning; urban design; parks and recreation planning.
Landscape architecture is a multi-disciplinary field that involves breadth of the professional tasks and talents. The scope of the profession includes architectural design, site planning, environmental restoration, town or urban planning, urban design, and parks and recreation planning. The resources found in this guide cover the design, practice, tradition, and development of landscape architecture.
This guide functions as an independent entity in a series designed for the new and returning architecture researcher. Consult the entire series at Architecture Resources Gateway.
Table of Contents
Useful Reference Books
- Curl, James Stevens. A dictionary of architecture and landscape architecture. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
LOCATION: UMCP Architecture Library Reference
CALL NUMBER: NA31 .C864 2006 - Swaffield, Simon (ed.). Theory in landscape architecture: A reader. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.
LOCATION: UMCP Architecture Library Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SB472 .T44 2002 - Taylor, Patrick (ed.). The Oxford companion to the garden. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
LOCATION: UMCP Architecture Library Folio
CALL NUMBER: SB450.95 .O94 2006 - Vogelsong, Diana. Landscape architecture sourcebook : a guide to resources on the history and practice of landscape architecture in the United States. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, 1997.
LOCATION: UMCP Architecture Library Reference
CALL NUMBER: SB470.53 .L36 1997 - Vroom, M. J. Lexicon of garden and landscape architecture. Basel; Boston: Birkhauser-Publishers for Architecture, 2006.
LOCATION: UMCP McKeldin Library Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SB469.25 .V76 2006
Subject Headings (catalog keywords)
Use these when browsing in the catalog - pick "subject beginning with" as the type of search. You will get a list with further subject breakdowns and can see what might be useful to you. An example of what this kind of search looks like in the catalog is pictured below the list.
- Environment (Art)
- Gardens - Design - History
- Landscape architects - interviews
- Landscape architecture - History
- Landscape architectural drawing
- Plants in architecture
- Waterfronts - Design and construction
Some Relevant Databases
- AGRICOLA
An online index to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library. - Art Abstracts
Abstracts of articles in art, art history, architecture, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, and related disciplines. - Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Contains both scholarly and popular periodical literature. - Forest Service Database
Good for publications on parks, park services and land use issues and maps. Open access. - Garden, Landscape and Horticultural Index
Designed for gardening enthusiasts, professionals, and students of horticulture and of garden and landscape design and history.
Journals to Browse
Also consider that you can search the library catalog only for journal titles; click on "Journals" beneath the yellow bar. To see if the library has online access, check the journals tab in Research Port.
- Landlines: an eye on landscape
LOCATION: UMCP Architecture Library Current periodicals - Landscape Architecture
LOCATION: UMCP Architecture Library Current and periodical stacks
CALL NUMBER: SB469 .L3 - Landscape Journal
LOCATION: UMCP Architecture Library Current and periodical stacks
CALL NUMBER: SB469 .L352 - Landscape Research
LOCATION: UMCP Architecture Library Current and periodical stacks
CALL NUMBER: QH75.A1 L36 - Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes
LOCATION: UMCP Architecture Library Current and periodical stacks
CALL NUMBER: SB451 .J62
Special UM Resources
- Landscape Architecture Image Resource
- Maryland Cooperative Extension
- Visual Resources Collection in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation Building
Websites and Digital Collections to Consider
- American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
(American Memory, Library of Congress) - American Society of Landscape Architects
- Association of Professional Landscape Designers
- National Agricultural Library
- New York Public Library Digital Gallery
(Hint: You can browse by subjects including landscape, gardens and agricultural.) - Virtual Landscape Gallery, Landscape Multimedia Research Center
Strategic Research
Good research is complicated, especially in the digital and academic environments. No guide can begin to cover all the sources available, so Ask a Librarian when you need more information. Contact the subject area specialists for more information or to design a strategic and specific research plan: lotis@umd.edu, 301-405-9260 or pcossard@umd.edu, 301-405-6316.
This guide was authored by Kim Detterbeck and Lara Otis.
