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  UNLV Libraries -> Architecture Studies Library-> ASL Guides and Handouts -> Landscape Media

Just a few selected Landscape Architecture Media (videos, slides, DVD, CDROMs)  




James Corner






Martha
Scwartz






Rhonda Scott
Brewer






Laurie Olin





Walter Hood





Allen Green





Johnpaul
Jones





Brad Cloepfil






M. Paul Friedberg

     

Allen Green. 2002

Klai::Juba lecture series . Landscape architect Allen Green, founder of Panoramic Planning, teaches and implements visionary planning, sustainable design, community development and ecological public art. He speaks about projects he has helped plan, manage, and produce that range from regional parks to architectural renovations, ecological restorations, and educational exhibits
Filmed in the Architecture Studies Library in the Paul B. Sogg Architecture Building on the campus of the University of Nevada , Las Vegas on November 14, 2002
1 videocassette (ca. 90 min.)
NA2542.36 .A45 2002 Arch Media
1 videodisc [DVD] (ca. 90 min.)
NA2542.36 .A45 2002b Arch Media

 

Brad Cloepfil. [2000]
Klai::Juba lecture series
Brad Cloepfil, principal at Allied Works Architecture in Portland , Oregon , lectures on site-generated architecture and the lessons of unintentional (found) architecture. Focused on "incidental gestures" of architecture, Brad examines how the "making of space begins with structure" and how the "landscape" of any space lends iteslf to many interpretations that composition alone cannot plan for. The time of day, the time of year, the pre-existing scale and hierarchy of the original site all help define the "landscape" of any architecture

Videocassette (ca. 86 min.)
NA680 .B73 2000 Arch Media

Videodisc [DVD] (ca. 86 min.)
NA680 .B73 2000b Arch Media

Connections. American Society of Landscape Architects, 1996
Discusses how to preserve the connection between people and places and how to understand our connections to the land.
Videocassette (55 min.)

SB472.8 C65 1996 Arch Media

Creating communtiy .University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, c2002.
Architects, landscape designers and city planners create a highly desirable living community called Lafayette Park in downtown Detroit out of many acres of run-down housing

Videocassette (33 min.)
HT177.D4 C74 2002 Arch Media

James Corner: Field Operations. (2006)

Klai::Juba lecture series . Landscape architect James Corner is the founder and director of the firm Field Operations, chair and professor in the Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Design, and coauthor with Alex MacLean of Taking measures across the American landscape. He speaks on renovating landscapes including working with the surface of the land, the processes of the landscape, the thickness of the surface, and the performances of surfaces. He also speaks about projects he has worked on such as the Los Angeles River channel, Downsview Park in Toronto, a post-industrial riverside in Philadelphia, the Freshkills Landfill on Staten Island, a botanical garden in Puerto Rico, a river in Madrid, and the waterfront in Sidney
Filmed on Feb 22, 2006, in the Architecture Studies Library, Paul B. Sogg Architecture Building, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Videocassette (77 min.)
SB472 .J34 2006 Arch Media

Videodisc [DVD] (77 min.)
SB472 .J34 2006 (b) Arch Media

Jens Jensen: A Natural History

Tells of the life and work in the United States of Danish-born landscape architect Jens Jensen. Describes him as an environmentalist, conservationist, visionary, poet, philosopher, artist, and teacher. Explains the concept and development of his school in Ellison Bay , Wisconsin , called The Clearing.

Videocassette (55 min.)
SB 470 J4 J45 Arch Media

Jones & Jones. 1999

Klai::Juba lecture series
Johnpaul Jones, who is a principal of the firm Jones & Jones that is 50% architecture and 50% landscape architecture and is based in Seattle , Wash. , talks about his firm's projects such as the Seattle Children's Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington , D.C. He also discusses how his firm integrates the culture and values of their clients in their designs, Scandinavian sod roofs, Native American beliefs integrated within architecture, and how to keep people connected with each other and with the "bigger cosmology" of things through architecture
Filmed on March 15, 2000 at the University Of Nevada Las Vegas School of Architecture.

1 Videocassette (ca. 83 min.)
NA737.J633 .J64 2000 Arch Media

1 Videodisc [DVD] (ca. 83 min.)
NA737.J633 .J64 2000b Arch Media

 

The Landscape Architecture of Roberto Burle Marx Interviews landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx. Talks about his ideas and achievements for commercial and public buildings and projects in Brazil . Shows examples of his work

Videocassette (57 min.)
SB470 B87 L35 Arch Media

 

Landscape architecture : South Carolina . South Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (2002)

Compilation of four films which present an overview of the landscape architecture profession in the state of South Carolina . Includes information on the history of the profession and the development of Clemson University 's program in landscape architecture. Includes commentary from South Carolina landscape architects, particularly Robert E. Marvin

Videocassette (76 min.)
SB469.385.S6 L35 2002 Arch Media

The Landscape Design Series. VEP (1987)

Vol. 1: Introduction to Landscape Design (+Booklet)
Defines and compares the professions of landscape designer and landscape architect

Videocassette (22 min.)
SB 469.37 I57 Arch Media

Vol. 2: The Landscape Design Process (+Booklet)
Takes an in-depth look at the design process which helps to ensure the design of functional and attractive landscapes

Videocassette (22 min.)
SB 472.45 L35 Arch Media

Vol. 3: Landscape Design Presentation (+Booklet)
Discusses conceptual, planting, and construction drawings created for residential, commercial, industrial, and public sites

Videocassette (30 min.)
SB 469.37 L35 Arch Media

 

Landscape Plant Diseases. VEP (1995) Jim Harrigan discusses the main causes of plant diseases including fungi, bacteria, viruses, and environmental conditions. Illustrates common symptoms, with appropriate modes of action and cultural control methods

Videocassette (17 min.)
Guide (7 p.)
SB608.O7 D57 Arch Media

Laura Hartman . 2003

Sustaining Nevada lecture series . Recorded on Oct. 8, 2003, at a public lecture in the Paul B. Sogg Architecture Building on the University of Nevada , Las Vegas campus
Summary: Laura Hartman works for the architectural firm Westcott-Lahar House, is a published author, serves on architectureal design juries, and lectures in the Department of Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley . She speaks on sustainable architecture including site planning, social issues, designing buildings and landscapes, how buildings change, and materials research and the recycling and reuse of building materials

Videocassette (ca. 100 min.)
NA2542.36 L38 2003 Arch Media

Videodisc [DVD] (ca. 100 min.)
NA2542.36 L38 2003 (b) Arch Media

Laurie Olin. 2002.

Klai--Juba lecture series . Laurie Olin, one of America 's most distinguished landscape architects, authors, and educators talks about landscape architecture, his projects, and his career Filmed in the Architecture Studies Library in the Paul B. Sogg Architecture Building on the campus of the University of Nevada , Las Vegas on April 11, 2002

Videocassette (84 min.)
SB470.O45 L38 2002 Arch Media

M. Paul Friedberg, FASLA (c2004) Klai--Juba lecture series . M. Paul Friedberg has been on the faculty of various architecture schools, he is the founder of the Urban Landscape Architecture Program at the City College of New York, and he is one of the founders of the landscape architecture firm M. Paul Friedberg & Partners. He speaks on the history of landscape architecture in the 20th century, on the public/private cooperation in the future of design space, on playgrounds as machines for play, on designing concepts that fit the user, and on the dichotomy of landscape sustainability in the desert
Filmed at a public lecture on April 28, 2004, in the School of Architecture (Architecture Studies Library) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Videocassette (72 min.)
SB472 .M2 2004 Arch Media

Videodisc [DVD] (72 min.)
SB472 .M2 2004b Arch Media

Martha Schwartz, landscape architect. 1998

Klai::Juba Lecture Series . Martha Schwartz, who teaches landscape architecture in the Harvard Graduate School of Architectural Design, lectures on urban landscape architecture and shows slides of her projects for parking lots, alleys, strip malls, etc. Followed by a question and answer session

1 Videocassette (ca. 80 min.); 1/2 in
SB472.7 .M37 1998 Arch Media

Videodisc [DVD] (ca. 80 min.); 1/2 in
SB472.7 .M37 1998b Arch Media

Mountain States Wholesale Nursery ecatalog. Mountain States Wholesale Nursery (200-?])

Catalog of desert-adapted plant for landscape architects. Includes name of plant, anatomy, description, conditions needed, and landscape uses. Often includes photo of plant. Can search by plant name or plant characteristics. Includes section for projects with e-mail connection to the Nursery

CD
SB427.5 .M68 2000z Arch Media

Neon, an Electric Memoir. Cinema Guild (1984)

A fictitious showgirl recounts the history of neon, tracing its developments in art, architecture, and commerce in North American urban landscapes.

Videocassette (26 min.)
TK 4348 N45 UNLV Media

 

Plant Usage in Landscape Design. San Luis Video Publ. (1996)

Explains the importance of plants in the planned landscape, looking into their functional, aesthetic, property and environmental values. Shows how a site analysis aids the designer in choosing plants that are most appropriate to use on a particular site, and how to design with a maintenance plan. Explores space articulation and privacy; circulation; screening; views and vista controls; erosion control; soil building; habitat for wildlife and people; and air quality. Discusses historic and cultural influences that often have an impact on design, and specific plant uses for various types of styles such as climate-adapted landscapes and other planting themes

Videocassette (36 min.)
SB 469 P53 Arch Media

Putting a new spin on the earth. New Jersey Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects (1997)

Architects volunteer to conduct design workshops with students from site analysis through concept design to construction. Landscape discussions focus on the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens , Sandy Hook National Park , and Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed

1 videocassette (30 min.)
SB472 .P87 1997 Arch Media

Rhonda Scott Brewer . 2003.

Rhonda Scott Brewer, a graduate of the University of Nevada , Las Vegas landscape architecture program, talks about her landscape architecture projects for planned communities in Florida . She also discusses the process she uses to plan and develop her projects and the process land developers use for landscape architecture
Filmed at a public lecture in the Paul B. Sogg Architecture Building on the campus of University of Nevada , Las Vegas , on Oct. 29, 2003

1 videocassette (ca. 52 min.)
SB472 .R65 2003 Arch Media

1 videodisc [DVD] (ca. 52 min.)
SB472 .R65 2003 (b) Arch Media

The Sustainable Landscape: Ecological Design Principles. San Luis Video Publ. (1992)

Shows how to design energy and water efficiency into the regional scale, the project site and an individual site. Discusses how to enhance natural biodiversity, increase the overall plant cover with biodiverse plantings, and reduce waste through conservation and reuse of resources.

1 videocassette (30 min.)
SB 475.9 E53 S87 Arch Media

Time-Saver Standards Landscape Construction Details. McGraw-Hill, c1998 Provides generic details, appropriate applications, installation notes, current cost data, and key points about each detail. More than 350 landscape details can be down-loaded in most common types of CAD programs. Organizes details by project type, climate, intensity of use, and substrate condition, and allows access by subject, application, or material

CD
SB475.9 S72 T552

Trees Adapted for Use in Cities and Towns (+Text)

Shows trees that are better suited than others for meeting the landscape needs in an urban or suburban setting with minimum adverse effects on the tree

96 slides : col. ; 1 script (19 p. : ill.)
SB436 S83 Arch Media

Universal Design in the Landscape. San Luis Video Publ. 1994 Discusses integrated landscape design which is usable to all people to the greatest extent possible by providing accessible paths of travel outdoors

Videocassette (1/2" 34 min.)
SB 486 H35 U55 Arch Media

Veto Virtual Reality. UC Davis (1995)

Landscape architect Lawrence Halprin discusses landscape architecture, environmental design, and why he dislikes computers.

Videocassette ( 1 hr. 43 min.)
SB 472 V473 Arch Media

Walter Hood @UNLV

Landscape architect Walter Hood, who has a private practice in Oakland , California , and teaches at UC Berkeley, talks a little about his career and discusses landscape advocacy pro bono work he has done in minority urban communities. He shows slides of the plans of some of the park projects he has worked on.

Videocassette (72 min.)
SB472.7 W34 2000 Arch Media

The World That Moses Built. PBS (1989)

Examines the career of Robert Moses and the struggle between individual liberty and public order. He designed and constructed the physical landscape of the New York metropolitan region, building bridges, highways, beaches, playgrounds, low income housing, and two World's Fairs.

Videocassette (58 min.)
NA 9085 M68 W67x Arch Media

Xeriscape: Appropriate Landscaping to Conserve Water . San Luis Video, c1989 See how to develop a program of landscape design, installation and maintenance which will dramatically reduce water use in the landscape. Discover how xeriscape practices can add beauty, function and efficiency to the landscape

videocassette (22 min.)
SB475.83 X472 Arch Media

 

 



 
           





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