Randolph T. Hester is a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at the
University of California at Berkeley
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. Hester is also a
sociologist, practicing
landscape architect
A landscape architect is a person who is educated in the field of landscape architecture. The practice of landscape architecture includes: site analysis, site inventory, site planning, land planning, planting design, grading, storm water manageme ...
and co-director of ''Community Development by Design'', a
neighborhood planning organization focused on community participation and input.
Randolph Hester has also published a number of books central to the topic of designing neighborhoods, cities and landscapes; his most recent book ''Design for Ecological Democracy'' was published in September 2010.
Biography
Hester grew up in rural
North Carolina
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. He acquired a BA in Landscape Architecture and a BA in Sociology from
North Carolina State University
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, and eventually went on to achieve an MA in Landscape Architecture at
Harvard. Hester published his first book ''Neighborhood Space'' in 1975.
Awards and distinctions
2011
Kevin Lynch Award - presented by
MIT School of Architecture and Planning
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Publications
* ''Design for Ecological Democracy'', Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2010.
* ''Living Landscape: Reading Cultural Landscape Experiences'', with S. Chang, S. Wang (Eds.), Taipei: Taiwan United Force Culture Enterprise Co. Ltd, 1999.
* ''A Theory for Building Community'', with S. Chang, Taipei: Yungliou Press, 1999.
* ''Democratic Design in the Pacific Rim'', with C. Kweskin (Eds.), Mendocino, California: Ridge Times Press, 1999.
* ''Techniques for Machizukuri'', with M. Dohi, Gendaikikakushitsu Press, 1997.
* ''The Meaning of Gardens'', with M. Fancis (Eds.), Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1990.
* ''Community Design Primer'', Mendocino, California: Ridge Times Press, 1990.
* ''Community Goal Setting'', with F.J. Smith, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross Inc., 1982.
* ''Planning Neighborhood Space with People'', New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1982.
* ''Neighborhood Space'', Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross Inc., 1975.
Further reading
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References
External links
Hester MIT AwardHester Design Observer Article
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American landscape architects
Living people
Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni
UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design faculty
North Carolina State University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)