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Francis, Mark Owen was born on October 19, 1950 in Des Moines. Son of James E. Francis and Elizabeth Wright.
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The California Landscape Garden: Ecology, Culture, and Design
( The beauty, resources, and natural processes of the Cal...)
The beauty, resources, and natural processes of the California landscape are brought to the home garden in Mark Francis and Andreas Reimann's fine testament to ecological gardening. The authors connect history, culture, region, and design to help us understand how California and its human population have evolved historically and how individuals today can make a difference in the state's future in their own backyards. The authors' goal is to bring the history of the California garden up to date with the ecological and cultural concerns of our time. Francis and Reimann use California's natural beauty and habitat as a starting point for inspiring Californians to see their gardens as extensions of the surrounding landscape. They provide essential information on native plants and wildlife, ecology and bioregionalism, landscape history and design concepts, as well as numerous examples showing how to integrate environmental principles in one's garden. Landscape meaning and regional thinking are an important part of an ecosystem approach to home gardening, say the authors. By observing nearby native or naturalized environments, including vacant lots and abandoned property, one learns a good deal about local plants, wildlife, and other elements that can be incorporated into an ecologically sensitive garden. Yan Nascimbene's exquisite color illustrations perfectly capture the authors' sensual vision of an environment different from gardens commonly featured in gardening books and magazines. Photographs illustrate the designs of many of the best landscape architects working in the tradition of the California landscape garden, including Ron Lutsko, Topher Delaney, Owen Dell, Ann Christoph, and Rick Fisher. This is a book for anyone seeking a garden philosophy that is environmentally sensitive, and even experienced home gardeners, landscape professionals, and horticulturists will find new and useful material here.
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Community Open Spaces: Green Neighborhoods Through Community Action And Land Conservation
(Book by Francis, Mark, Cashdan, Lisa, Paxson, Lynne)
Book by Francis, Mark, Cashdan, Lisa, Paxson, Lynne
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Urban Open Space: Designing For User Needs (Landscape Architecture Foundation Land and Community Design Case Study Series)
( Research has shown that successful public spaces are on...)
Research has shown that successful public spaces are ones that are responsive to the needs of their users, are democratic in their accessibility, and are meaningful for the larger community and society. While considerable research has been done on needs and conflicts in open space, no one document integrates all this knowledge and makes it available to professionals, students, and researchers. Based on archival research; published case studies; site visits; and interviews with researchers, open space designers, managers, and users, Urban Open Space looks across several seminal studies to glean significant findings and design implications related to user needs and conflicts. It reviews and identifies those critical user needs that must be considered in the planning, design, and management of outdoor spaces, and synthesizes that knowledge into an accessible and useful document.
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Mark Owen Francis
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Mark Owen Francis, American landscape architecture, educator. License landscape architect, California, Massachusetts, New York. Fellow Royal Norwegian Council for Science and Industrial Research, 1984-1985; recipient awards for planning, research and communications American Society Landscape Architects, 1985, 87, 90, 93, 95.
Education
Bachelor in Landscape Architect with honors, University California, Berkeley, 1972. Master Landscape Architect in Urban Design, Harvard University, 1975.
Career
Assistant professor environmental psychology City University of New York, New York City, 1977-1980. Professor landscape architect University California, Davis, since 1980, chair department environmental design, landscape architect program, 1984, 95-97. Principal Codesign Inc., Landscape Architects, 1984-1998.
Senior design consultant Moore, Iacofano, Goltsman, Berkeley, since 1999. Member national urban and community forestry advisory council United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 1995-1998.
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Urban Open Space: Designing For User Needs (Landscape Architecture Foundation Land and Community Design Case Study Series)
( Research has shown that successful public spaces are on...)
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The California Landscape Garden: Ecology, Culture, and Design
( The beauty, resources, and natural processes of the Cal...)
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Community Open Spaces: Green Neighborhoods Through Community Action And Land Conservation
(Book by Francis, Mark, Cashdan, Lisa, Paxson, Lynne)
- The making of neighborhood open spaces: Community design, development & management of open spaces
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Urban Open Space: Designing For User Needs (Landscape Architecture Foundation Land and Community Design Case Study Series)
Membership
Chair Downtown Parking and Pedestrian Task Force, Davis, 1981-1983. Member Public Arts Selection Committee, Davis, 1995-1996. Member advisory board Nearby Nature, since 1992.
Fellow American Society Landscape Architects (Contributions Knowledge in the Profession award 1999, Centennial medallion for the design of Central Park and Davis Farmers Market 1999). Member San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners (advisory board since 1990), Trust for Public Land (advisory board since 1994), Sacramento Harvard Club.
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Married Kirsten Lovik, December 4, 1976. Children: Linn Lovik, Bjørn.
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American
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1972
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1977 - 1980
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1980
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1984
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Fellow Royal Norwegian Council for Science and Industrial Research, 1984-1985. Recipient awards for planning, research and communications American Society Landscape Architects, 1985, 87, 90, 93, 95.Fellow Royal Norwegian Council for Science and Industrial Research, 1984-1985. Recipient awards for planning, research and communications American Society Landscape Architects, 1985, 87, 90, 93, 95.