Olin Placemaking

Name: Olin Placemaking
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ISBN: 9781580932103

ISBN-10: 158093210X

ISBN-13: 9781580932103

Edition: 2008

Authors: Laurie Olin, Dennis C. McGlade, Robert J. Bedell, Lucinda R. Sanders, Susan K. Weiler

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With increased attention to sustainability and environmental concerns, landscape architects now lead teams of urban planners and architects in developing new outdoor space and reconfiguring existing designs. As the preeminent landscape architecture firm in the United States, Olin is at the forefront of this movement with completed projects across the country and in Europe. The firm was awarded the gold medal of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the profession's highest honor, in 2006. Well-known for the restorations of Bryant Park behind the New York Public Library and the landscape of the Washington Monument, Olin is also recognized for the dramatic transformation of a…

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List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Monacelli Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/30/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 9.37" wide x 11.50" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 3.982
Language: English

Olin was founded byLaurie Olinin 1976. In addition to Olin, the firm has five partners:Dennis C. McGlade,Robert J. Bedell,Lucinda R. Sanders,Susan K. Weiler, andDavid A. Rubin. The Olin office is in the historic Public Ledger Building, overlooking Independence Mall in Philadelphia. John R. Stilgoe,Robert and Lois Orchard Professor in the History of Landscape at Harvard University, is the author of numerous books, includingTrain Time, Outside Lies Magic, Lifeboat, andLandscapes and Images. The author lives in Philadelphia, PA.



Introduction



The Unstated Goal: Laurie D. Olin, Michael Palmer


Bryant Park: New York


Bishopsgate: London


Vila Olimpica: Barcelona, Spain


Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park: New York


The New Garden: Dennis C. McGlade and Kim Tripp


J. Paul Getty Center: Los Angeles, California


Mission Bay Master Plan: San Francisco, California


National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden: Washington, D.C.


Midway Plaisance: Chicago, Illinois


Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Conference Center: Salt Lake City, Utah


Art and Landscape: Susan K. Weiler and Jenny Holzer


Canary Wharf: London


Welles Sculpture Garden, Toledo Museum of Art: Toledo, Ohio


Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, Massachusetts


Gap Headquarters: San Francisco, California


University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


A Material Realization: Robert J. Bedell and Niall Kirkwood


Brancusi Ensemble: Targu-Jiu, Romania


Washington Monument: Washington, D.C.


Columbus Circle: New York


University of British Columbia, University Boulevard Competition: Vancouver, Canada


Syracuse Connective Corridor Competition: Syracuse, New York


The Spark of Ingenuity: David A. Rubin and Sean Timmons


United States Air Force Memorial: Arlington, Virginia


Camana Bay: Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies


United States Embassy: Berlin, Germany


University of California: Berkeley, California


The Presidio: San Francisco, California


Comcast Center: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Repositioning: Lucinda R. Sanders and Charles Waldheim


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