Norman K. Booth is Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University, where he taught landscape architecture for over 31 years. Booth’s specialty was teaching introductory design and graphic courses in both the graduate and undergraduate programs. He also participated in teaching a series of five short courses on residential landscape design for over 20 years through The Ohio State Extension Service and in Arizona, California, Georgia, Washington, and Wisconsin. He served on the UNE and LARE committees for the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) and participated in accreditation teams for the ASLA Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB). He is the author of Basic Elements of Landscape Architecture (Waveland Press, 1990) and Foundations of Landscape Architecture (Wiley, 2012).James E. Hiss is Associate Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University, where he taught landscape architecture for over 28 years. His specialty was teaching residential site design, graphics, and construction courses in both the graduate and undergraduate programs. He also participated in teaching a series of five short courses on residential landscape design through The Ohio State Extension Service and in Arizona, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wisconsin. He is the author of Perspectives: An Effective Design Tool (ASLA, Landscape Architecture Foundation, 1985) and taught perspective drawing workshops in California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington, DC. He retired from The Ohio State University in 2003 and co-founded The EDGE Group, a landscape architecture and planning firm, with offices in Columbus and Toledo, OH and Nashville, TN. He retired from The EDGE Group in 2013. He established Places + Spaces, LLC, where he continues part-time residential site design along with his writing efforts.

• 1.The Typical Residential Site2.Outdoor Space3.Sustainable Design4.Design Process Overview5.Meeting the Clients6.Site Measuring and Base Map Preparation7.Site Analysis and Design Program8.Diagrams9.Preliminary Design and Design Principles10.Form Composition11.Spatial Composition12.Material Composition and Master Plan13.Special Project Sites14.Case Studies in Alternative Design Solution15.Rendering Landscape Design Drawings in Color

Norman K. Booth is Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University, where he taught landscape architecture for over 31 years. Booth’s specialty was teaching introductory design and graphic courses in both the graduate and undergraduate programs. He also participated in teaching a series of five short courses on residential landscape design for over 20 years through The Ohio State Extension Service and in Arizona, California, Georgia, Washington, and Wisconsin. He served on the UNE and LARE committees for the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) and participated in accreditation teams for the ASLA Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB). He is the author of Basic Elements of Landscape Architecture (Waveland Press, 1990) and Foundations of Landscape Architecture (Wiley, 2012).James E. Hiss is Associate Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University, where he taught landscape architecture for over 28 years. His specialty was teaching residential site design, graphics, and construction courses in both the graduate and undergraduate programs. He also participated in teaching a series of five short courses on residential landscape design through The Ohio State Extension Service and in Arizona, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wisconsin. He is the author of Perspectives: An Effective Design Tool (ASLA, Landscape Architecture Foundation, 1985) and taught perspective drawing workshops in California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington, DC. He retired from The Ohio State University in 2003 and co-founded The EDGE Group, a landscape architecture and planning firm, with offices in Columbus and Toledo, OH and Nashville, TN. He retired from The EDGE Group in 2013. He established Places + Spaces, LLC, where he continues part-time residential site design along with his writing efforts.

• 1.The Typical Residential Site2.Outdoor Space3.Sustainable Design4.Design Process Overview5.Meeting the Clients6.Site Measuring and Base Map Preparation7.Site Analysis and Design Program8.Diagrams9.Preliminary Design and Design Principles10.Form Composition11.Spatial Composition12.Material Composition and Master Plan13.Special Project Sites14.Case Studies in Alternative Design Solution15.Rendering Landscape Design Drawings in Color