Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture CD-ROM (for network)

Nicholas T. Dines, FASLA, is a professor of landscape architecture and former director of the landscape architecture graduate program at the University of Massachusetts where for over 30 years, he has taught courses in site engineering, structures, design studio, design drawing, design theory, and professional practice. He is the co-editor of McGraw-Hill's Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture; co-author of Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Construction Details CD, and its companion publication, Time-Saver Standards Concise Site Construction Details Manual; and author of, Landscape Perspective Drawing. He has over 32 years of professional experience, including a 10-year period of work on residential and recreational design projects in Greece. He currently is conducting research in multi-media applications to both professional and academic design and planning practices, with a special focus on site construction and sustainable design. He has a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and a MLA degree from Harvard University. His home is in Williamsburg, Massachusetts.



Kyle D. Brown is an assistant professor of landscape architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is a co-producer of Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Construction Details CD; co-author of Time-Saver Standards Concise Site Construction Details Manual; and assistant editor of Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture. He has a bachelors degree from the University of Minnesota, a MLA degree from the University of Massachusetts, where he is also completing a doctorate in regional planning. His home is in Claremont, California.