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Lyle, John Tillman was born on August 10, 1934 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Leo Tillman and Martha Ellen (Rawlins) Lyle.
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For more than 30 years, John Tillman Lyle (1934-1998) was one of the leading thinkers in the field of ecological design. "Design for Human Ecosystems," originally published in 1985, is his classic text that explores methods of designing landscapes that function in the sustainable ways of natural ecosystems. The book provides a framework for thinking about and understanding ecological design, along with a wealth of real-world examples that bring to life Lyle's key ideas. Lyle traces the historical growth of design approaches involving natural processes, and presents an introduction to the principles, methods, and techniques that can be used to shape landscape, land use, and natural resources in an ecologically sensitive and sustainable manner. Lyle argues that careful design of human ecosystems recognizes three fundamental concerns: scale (the relative size of the landscape and its connections with larger and smaller systems), the design process itself, and the underlying order that binds ecosystems together and makes them work. He discusses the importance of each of these concerns, and presents a workable approach to designing systems that effectively accounts for all of them. The theory presented is supported throughout by numerous case studies that illustrate its practical applications. This new edition features a foreword by Joan Woodward, noted landscape architecture professor and colleague of Lyle, that places the book in the context of current ecological design thinking and discusses Lyle's contributions to the field. It will be a valuable resource for landscape architects, planners, students of ecological design, and anyone interested in creating landscapes that meet the needs ofall an area's inhabitants -- human and nonhuman alike.
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Landscape Architecture Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development Winner, 1994 Merit Award for Communications, American Society of Landscape Architects "Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development is nothing less than a user's manual for planet Earth that integrates the principles of ecological design with practical realities better than anything I've read. John Lyle has written the best book now available on the theory and practice of sustainability . . . essential reading for natural resource professionals, architects, planners, educators, environmentalists, and the general public." --David W. Orr, Professor and Chair Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College. "John Lyle has written a splendid book, Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development. It is perfectly topical; it is committed to the unity of art and science, design and planning, man and nature. It is itself exemplary, and it is a repository of exemplary adaptations. It has carried the environmental movement to a new threshold of ecological planning and design. It should be widely read and employed." --Ian L. McHarg, FASLA. "In these times of widespread urban stress and regional disruption, the cogent thoughts of John Tillman Lyle on sustainable cities are on target and highly constructive. They are must reading for planning professionals and all concerned citizens." --John Ormsbee Simonds, FASLA. "More designers need to broaden their horizons in the way John Lyle has put forth in this book. In general, there are far too few land planners, landscape architects, or architects who have any working procedure that approximates what sustainable design entails. This book provides important historical background and contemporary experience to help guide the way."--Pliny Fisk III, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems. From the despoliation of our rivers and lakes by industrial runoff to the destruction of our atmosphere by sulphur emissions and CFCs, production cycles based on a one-way flow of materials and energy have pushed us to the brink of environmental collapse. It is time for a change, and in this groundbreaking book, John Tillman Lyle offers us a blueprint for implementing that change. This book provides civil engineers, architects, land development planners, and others with practical, realistic approaches to reversing this deadly course. Throughout, the emphasis is on proven regenerative practices for water use, land use, energy use, and building design. Most importantly, it provides ways to reestablish connections between people and nature, between art and science, and between technology and daily life.
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Lyle, John Tillman was born on August 10, 1934 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Leo Tillman and Martha Ellen (Rawlins) Lyle.
Bachelor of Architecture, Tulane University, 1957; postgraduate, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 1965-1967; M of Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 1966.
Architect Stanford (California) University, 1959-1962. Urban designer John Carl Warnecke & Associates, San Francisco, 1963-1965. Professor emeritus California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, from 1968.
Visiting professor Liubliana (Yugoslavia) University, 1982, Instituto Universitario Di Architectura, Venice, Italy, 1988, University Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1989, Kyushu Institute Design, Fukuoka, Japan, 1990. Director design building and landscape Center for Regenerative Studies, since 1984.
(Landscape Architecture Regenerative Design for Sustain...)
(For more than 30 years, John Tillman Lyle (1934-1998) was...)
(The author, an ecological designer, explores methods of d...)
Member board governors Desert Studies Consortium, Mojave Desert, 1984-1988. Fellow American Society Landscape Architects (American Society of Landscape Architects medal 1996).
Married Harriett Laverna Fancher, December 28, 1967. Children: Alexander Tillman, Cybele Katsura.