Its always a hard thing to find a good landscape book - but over my years I have come across the following books that I think are about meaningful and idea driven landscape architecture. They are probably in a rough order:

Room 4.1.3 : Innovations in Landscape Architecture, Richard Weller

Recovering Landscape, James Corner (ed)

Taking Measure: Across the American Landscape, James Corner + Alex S Maclean

The Enclosed Garden, Rob Aben + Saskia de Wit

Kienast Vogt (Any of the Birkhauser Publications), Dieter Kienast

Architecture + Landscape, Clemens Steenbergen + Wouter Reh

Inside Outside: Between Architecture and Landscape, Anita Berrizbeitia and Linda Pollak

Thanks Frontline, this will certainly help.

i'll second most of frontline's suggestions...

For me, "Recovering Landscape" is a must read for architects and landscape architects...

Taking Measure: Across the American Landscape is fantastic. I think that Alex Maclean has published another similar book, but I haven't seen it.

I would also recommend two books by Jane Amidon. The first is a monograph of the great Dan Kiley. It is entitled "Dan Kiley: The Complete Works of America's Master Landscape Architect". The second is "Radical Landscapes: Reinventing Outdoor Space". It has a lot of really cool contemporary projects.

Thanks Architphil

I ordered Recovering Landscape from amazon (next day shipping cost almost as much as the book itself did. grr stupid waiting to the last minute) I was thinking of also getting her Maya Lin's Boundaries. Kinda pricey for a used copy but she is one of my favorite aunts and it is one of my favorite architectural books, haven't read it in a while though, anyone feel that it has significance to landscape architecture?

i second Recovering Landscape by Corner...not pretty, but well written

how about J.B. Jackosn?

or Jackson...either way...

yeah...anything by John Brinckerhoff would be good

I highly reccomend "The language of landscape" by Anne Whiston Spirn

some others:

i havent read this one yet, is it good? landscape urbanism: a manual for the machinic landscape

for some tangential thought/inspiration: simon schama's landscape and memory

for a great case study: downsview park


for something graphics-inspired: everyone loooves yves brunier

landscape also has its very own press: spacemaker

and here's a reading list from penn
(would be curious to see other school-lists)

I'd recommend Kathryn Gustafson - awesome landscape architect that thinks architecturally... beautiful work.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3764324252/qid=1135188029/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-7719496-7145764?n=507846&s=books&v=glance