Pioneers of American Landscape Design chronicles the lives and careers of those who have designed our gardens, parks, streets, campuses, cemeteries, suburbs, and the innumerable other environments in which we live. This dynamic initiative utilizes multiple formats—including biographical profiles, oral histories, tours, and print publications—to educate, inspire, and promote the active sharing of information.
The only founding woman member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Farrand developed a reputation for her elegant, restrained style and rich architectural detail.
With his business partner, Marie Harbeck, Berger completed 186 designs for residences, college campuses, corporate headquarters, and resorts throughout the South.
Creating landscapes for over 60 years, Halprin designed spaces which brought his knowledge and love of nature, movement, and social ideas into urban spaces.
As a practitioner and educator, M. Paul Friedberg awakened his profession to urban landscape design with the construction of Riis Park Plaza in New York City in 1965.
With a career spanning fifty years, Edward L. Daugherty designed some of the South’s most influential landscapes of the modern era. Hear him talk about his time at Harvard, career, and design philosophy.
View the inaugural documentary in the Pioneers Oral History series and hear Carol R. Johnson talk about her life, career, design philosophy, and what it means to be a pioneering woman in the field of landscape architecture.
