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American Society Of Landscape Architects
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is a professional association for landscape architects in the United States. The ASLA's mission is to advance landscape architecture through advocacy, communication, education, and fellowship. History ASLA was established on January 4, 1899, in New York City by a group of eleven founding members: President John Charles Olmsted, Nathan Franklin Barrett, Beatrix Farrand, Daniel W. Langton, Charles N. Lowrie, Warren H. Manning, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Samuel Parsons, George F. Pentecost Jr., Ossian Cole Simonds, and Downing Vaux. In 1960, the headquarters was moved to Washington, D.C.. The first Black member of the ASLA was Charles Edgar Dickinson. The ASLA bestows various awards annually to professionals and students in the field of landscape architecture for designs and projects. Categories range in size, scale, and type from small residential areas to large parks and waterfronts. Their lifetime achievement award is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Association
A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) is a group that usually seeks to advocacy, further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that profession, and the public interest. In the United States, such an association is typically a nonprofit business league for tax purposes. In the UK, they may take a variety of legal forms. Roles The roles of professional associations have been variously defined: "A group of people in a learned occupation who are entrusted with maintaining control or oversight of the legitimate practice of the occupation;" also a body acting "to safeguard the public interest;" organizations which "represent the interest of the professional practitioners," and so "act to maintain their own privileged and powerful position as a controlling body." Professional associations are ill defined although often have commonality in purpose and activities. In the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossian Cole Simonds
Ossian Cole Simonds (November 11, 1855 – November 20, 1931), often known as O. C. Simonds, was an American landscape designer. He preferred the term 'landscape gardener' to that of 'landscape architect'. A number of Simonds' works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Early life and education Simonds was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on November 11, 1855, where he developed a love of nature through his explorations of its woods. From 1874 to 1878, he studied civil engineering at the University of Michigan and, briefly, architecture with William Le Baron Jenney. Career In 1878, Simonds joined Jenney's architectural practice in Chicago. His first project was Graceland Cemetery where he learned naturalistic English-style landscape design. Through Jenney's tutelage, he learned how to use native plants in landscape design, an unusual practice at the time. He studied local woods, hydrology, and topography leading him to be credited with the creation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Institute Of Landscape Architects
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) is the Australian non profit professional institute formed to serve the mutual interests of Australian landscape architects. History The AILA was established in 1966 with an interim committee chaired by Richard Clough. The original subscribers were Malcolm Bunzli, Harry Howard, Bruce MacKenzie, Ray Margules, Professor Lindsay Pryor, David Steane, Jean Verschuer, Gavin Walkley and George Williams ( Ellis Stones and Alistair KnoxWoodhouse, Fay (2007)Knox, Alistair Samuel (1912–1986), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed online 21 April 2017. were also foundation members). In 1967, the interim committee handed over to an elected Council with Peter Spooner as its first National President. A full list of National Presidents is included on the AILA website. Activities The Institute produces a national journal ''Foreground'', which holds regular confere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jot D
Jot or JOT may refer to: Persons with the name * Jot Agyeman (born 1967), Ghanaian actor * Jot D. Carpenter (1938–2000), American landscape architect * Jot Goar (1870–1947), American baseball player Computing * Jot (programming language) * ''The Journal of Object Technology'' * '' The Joy of Tech'', a webcomic * Jot, a handwriting recognition system which became the basis for Palm OS' Graffiti 2 Other uses * Jot, or Jat, an umbrella term for the peripatetic groups of Afghanistan There are several ethnic groups in Afghanistan which traditionally lead a peripatetic life. This means they are nomadic and their main occupations centre around providing services to the settled populations they travel among, like peddling partic ... * Jot (interval), a musical pitch interval * Jot (letter), or yot, a name for the letter J * ''JOT'' (TV series), a syndicated, animated television series * Jot, a character from '' The Plucky Squire'' * Jot, the Greek letter ''iota'', in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John O
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Newton
Norman Thomas Newton (April 21, 1898 – September 12, 1992) was an American landscape architect and winner of the Prix de Rome. Early career Born in 1898 in Corry, Pennsylvania, Newton graduated from Cornell University in 1919, receiving his master's degree in landscape design, also from Cornell, in 1920.. A winner of the Prix de Rome in 1923, he spent three years as a resident fellow at the American Academy in Rome, where he studied the gardens of Italian villas, training for his future as a landscape architect. Statue of Liberty Returning to New York he worked for Ferruccio Vitale before establishing his own office in 1932. He sought to become involved with public-works projects under the auspices of the Civilian Conservation Corps. He was appointed resident landscape architect for the northeastern region of the National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an List of federal agencies in the United States, agency of the Federal government of the United States, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilmore David Clarke
Gilmore David Clarke (July 12, 1892 – August 8, 1982''New York Times'', August 10, 1982, p. B19: Gilmore D. Clarke, 90, is dead; designed major public works'.) was an American civil engineer and landscape architect who designed many parks and public spaces in and around New York City. Biography Born in New York, Clarke went to Cornell University to study landscape architecture and civil engineering, graduating in 1913 with a B.S. degree. After World War I, during which he served as an engineer in the U.S. Army, he served on several architectural commissions, ranging from local to federal level. Amongst others, he was a member of the Architectural Advisory Board for the U.S. Capitol and of the New York State Council of Parks. He was awarded a Gold Medal of Honor by the Architectural League of New York in 1931 for his works in Westchester County. In 1934 he became a consultant for the New York City Parks Department under parks commissioner Robert Moses. His works in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Davis Taylor
Albert Davis Taylor (July 8, 1883 – January 8, 1951) was an American landscape architect and author, notable for his many gardens and his promotion of garden shows. He designed parks and other public works, subdivisions and private estates, primarily in Ohio. Taylor was born July 8, 1883, in Carlisle, Massachusetts to Nathaniel A. Davis and Ellen F. Taylor. He received his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from Boston College in 1905 and his Master of Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.) from the College of Agriculture at Cornell University in 1906, where he taught until 1908. He then joined the office of Warren H. Manning, where he was influenced by Manning’s informal and naturalistic approach to landscape design as he worked on such projects as Stan Hywet Hall in Akron. In 1914 Taylor established his own practice in Cleveland, eventually opening a second office in Florida. His firm provided landscape design for the Van Sweringens’ Daisy Hill Estate in Cleveland, J. J. Emery’s P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Vincent Hubbard
Henry Vincent Hubbard (August 22, 1875 – October 6, 1947) was an American landscape architect and planner, famous for his unique teaching styles at Harvard University, and his many publications. He was one of the prime supporters for a national system of public parks. Life and career Hubbard was born August 22, 1875, in Taunton, Massachusetts, to Charles Thacher Hubbard and Clara Isabel Reed. He attended Taunton High School before going to Harvard University in 1893 to study architecture. He graduated in 1897 with a Bachelor of Arts. In 1897–1898, Hubbard studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology which was where he decided to pursue landscape architecture. Since there was no instruction in this field, he returned to Harvard to study under Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. where he received a Master of Arts in 1900 and a Bachelor of Science in landscape architecture in 1901. Hubbard was the first person to earn a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Asahel Shurcliff
Arthur Asahel Shurcliff (September 12, 1870–November 12, 1957; born Arthur Asahel Shurtleff) was an American landscape architect. After over 30 years of success as a practicing landscape architect and town planner, in 1928 he was called upon by John D. Rockefeller Jr., and the Boston architectural firm of Perry, Shaw & Hepburn to serve as Chief Landscape Architect for the restoration and recreation of the gardens, landscape, and town planning of Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, a position he held until his retirement in 1941. It was the largest and most important commission of his career. Life and career Arthur Asahel Shurtleff was born in Boston, Massachusetts, studied engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1889–1894), and upon the advice of Charles Eliot and Frederick Law Olmsted, enrolled at Harvard University for studies in art history, surveying, horticulture and design. After his graduation in 1896, he joined the Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot landscape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Leal Greenleaf
James Leal Greenleaf (July 30, 1857 – April 15, 1933) was an American landscape architect and civil engineer. Early in his career, he was a well-known landscape architect who designed the gardens and grounds of many large estates in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. He was appointed to the United States Commission of Fine Arts in 1918, and served until 1927. He was the landscape architect for the Lincoln Memorial (finished in 1922), and a consulting landscape architect for the Arlington Memorial Bridge (designed in 1925 and finished in 1932). Early life Greenleaf was born in 1857 in Kortright, New York. His father, Thomas Greenleaf, was a member of the prominent Greenleaf merchant family, but had retired to Kortright due to failing health.Birnbaum and Karson, p. 146. His mother, Eleanor Leal, was of Dutch and Scottish descent.Chamberlain, p. 558. He was the fourth of five children, and the only son, born to Thomas and Eleanor. The Greenleafs were Huguenots who fled F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Sturgis Pray
James Sturgis Pray (February 26, 1871 – February 24, 1929) was an American educator. Pray was president of the American Society of Landscape Architects from 1914 to 1918 and held the post of chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University. Biography Pray graduated from the Chauncy Hall School in 1894 and Harvard College in 1898. Immediately following and until 1903, he worked for the Olmsted Brothers in Brookline. He married Florence Mabel Nichols on October 30, 1901 in Buffalo, and later had a son named Benjamin Sturgis, who also graduated from Harvard in 1925 and lived in Thayer Hall during his freshman year, and a daughter, Frances Motley, named after his mother. From 1904 until 1918, Pray worked for his own firms: Pray & Gallagher (1904-1906) and Pray, Hubbard, & White (1906-1918). In 1908, Pray succeeded Frederick Law Olmsted as chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University Harvard University is a Private u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
