Randolph T. Hester
Hester is a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at the University of California at Berkeley. Hester is also a sociologist, practicing landscape architect 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.
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Randolph T. Hester
- Name
- Randolph T.
- Education
- North Carolina State University Harvard
- Born
- 1944
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- architect
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Hester is a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at the University of California at Berkeley. Hester is also a sociologist, practicing landscape architect 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.
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• Name — Randolph T. Hester • Education — North Carolina State University Harvard • Employer — University of California at Berkeley • Title — Professor
Biography
Biography
Hester grew up in rural North Carolina. He acquired a BA in Landscape Architecture and a BA in Sociology from North Carolina State University, and eventually went on to achieve an MA in Landscape Architecture at Harvard. Hester published his first book Neighborhood Space in 1975.
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• 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.
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- Design for Ecological Democracy by Randolph T. Hester, Berkeley Planning Journal, 2007
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2011 Kevin Lynch Award - presented by MIT School of Architecture and Planning
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