‘100 Women Campaign’ Has Its Goal in Sight
The campaign to endow the Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize continues to expand its roster, with several new supporters stepping forward in recent weeks to contribute to the cause.
The 100 Women Campaign is proud to have the support of the indefatigable Phoebe Tudor, whose work on behalf of myriad charitable and philanthropic causes is truly extraordinary. Along with her husband, Bobby, she has contributed immensely to the civic life of the City of Houston in the realms of art, culture, education, parks and open spaces, and historic preservation. She has been a leader on the Houston Parks Board, the Hermann Park Conservancy, and in many other worthy endeavors in Houston and beyond. She is a self-described lover of parks whose support the Oberlander Prize is “based on a shared appreciation for history, as well as landscape architecture.”
Author and educator Iris Miller also recently joined the campaign to support the landmark Oberlander Prize. In addition to maintaining a practice in landscape architecture and urban design, she is an adjunct professor in the School of Architecture and Planning at The Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C. There she directs the Landscape Studies and Urban Design Studio, which was founded to partner with communities and government agencies. Her work on the planning, mapping, and evolution of the nation’s capital helped inspire a 1995 Library of Congress conference and publication, “Capital Visions,” and is also reflected in her definitive book, Washington in Maps, 1606-2000 (Rizzoli International Publications, 2002).
And finally, adding their voices of support to the Oberlander Prize are Chelsea McCann and Lara Rose, partners in the firm Walker Macy. A recognized leader in landscape architecture, urban design, and planning throughout the American West, the firm is a registered Women Business Enterprise. McCann’s and Rose’s work on major public landscapes has helped cement the firm’s stellar reputation, and their admiration for Cornelia Hahn Oberlander is both personal and professional: “As mothers and practitioners, we feel connected to her focus on improving the lives of everyday people, children, and communities. And as a firm with longstanding Northwest roots, we appreciate Cornelia’s early commitment to environmental stewardship.”
The 100 Women Campaign is just one of many ways to support the Oberlander Prize, the first and only international landscape architecture prize that includes a US$100,000 award, along with two years of public engagement activities. The prize will be awarded every other year, beginning in 2021. Influential historian John Beardsley has recently been named the prize’s inaugural curator.
