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Randolph T. 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.

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.

Awards and distinctions
2011 Kevin Lynch Award - presented by MIT School of Architecture and Planning

Selected 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.

Articles about Hester
Calkins, Meg, Closing the Loop Part II: Designing with, specifying, and using salvaged and reprocessed materials in the landscape, Landscape Architecture, December 2002.

Owens-Viani, Lisa, Walkin’ the Talk: A landscape architect and a planner create an urban garden that embodies their interest in a more sustainable lifestyle, Landscape Architecture, July 2002.