Nicholas T‎.‎ Dines‎,‎ FASLA‎,‎ is a professor of landscape architecture and serves as graduate MLA program director at the University of Massachusetts where for over 28 years he has taught courses in site engineering‎,‎ structures‎,‎ design studio‎,‎ design drawing‎,‎ design theory‎,‎ and professional practice‎.‎ He is the author of three other McGraw‎-Hill publications‎:‎ Landscape Perspective Drawing‎,‎ the recently released Time‎-Saver Standards for Landscape Construction Details CD‎,‎ and the Second Edition of Time‎-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture‎,‎ with Charles W‎.‎ Harris‎.‎ 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 an MLA degree from Harvard Uni‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎