The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Landscapes for Living: Post War Landscape Architecture in Los Angeles, SCI-Arc Campus, April 15, 2011

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Friday, April 15
W.M. Keck Lecture Hall | Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)

8:00-9:00am

Registration

9:00-9:20

Welcome

9:20-9:55

Overview
Charles A. Birnbaum

9:55-10:40

Prelude to Origins of Modern Landscape Architecture in Los Angeles
David Streatfield

10:40-11:00

BREAK

11:00-11:50          

Perspectives from the Participants
Kal Platt, Joe Yamada, and Ron Izumita

11:50-12:45pm                

Post War Women Practitioners in Southern California
Moderator: Noel Vernon
Ruth Patricia Shellhorn - Kelly Comras
Harriett Wimmer - Pat Caughey
Katherine Bashford - Carolyn Bennett

12:45-2:00           

LUNCH

2:00-3:15

Post War Pioneers in Southern California
Moderator: Dean Hill
Personal Remembrances - Ken Nakaba
Lawrence Halprin -  Charles Birnbaum
Cornell Bridges + Troller - Adrian Scott Fine

3:15-3:40      

BREAK

3:40-4:50

Closing Panel – Reflections on the Legacy
Moderator:  Mayer Rus
Panel: Gerdo Aquino, Dennis McGlade, Mia Lehrer, Mark Rios, Lisa Gimmy

4:50-5:00       

Closing Remarks

5:00-7:00

Reception