Laurie Olin

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Laurie Olin is a prominent American landscape architect and urban designer known for shaping major public spaces in cities across the United States.

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instanceOf educator
landscape architect
person
urban designer
awardReceived American Society of Landscape Architects Medal
National Medal of Arts
Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education
basedIn Philadelphia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
educatedAt University of Pennsylvania
University of Washington
employer University of Pennsylvania School of Design
fieldOfWork landscape architecture
urban design
founderOf OLIN
Olin Partnership
genre urban public space design
hasWorkedIn London, England
surface form: London

Los Angeles
New York City
Washington, D.C.
hasWritten Across the Open Field: Essays Drawn from English Landscapes
La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany
Transforming the Commonplace: Selections from Laurie Olin’s Sketchbooks
influenced contemporary practice of urban public space design in the United States
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf The American Society of Landscape Architects
surface form: American Society of Landscape Architects
name Laurie Olin self-link
nationality United States of America
surface form: United States
notableFor design of major public spaces in U.S. cities
notableRole leader in contemporary landscape urbanism
notableWork The Barnes Foundation
surface form: Barnes Foundation site design, Philadelphia

Battery Park City
surface form: Battery Park City, New York City

Bryant Park
surface form: Bryant Park, New York City

Canary Wharf
surface form: Canary Wharf landscape, London

Columbus Circle
surface form: Columbus Circle, New York City

Getty Center
surface form: Getty Center gardens, Los Angeles

Independence Mall redesign, Philadelphia
Sculpture Garden of the National Gallery of Art
surface form: National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.

Washington Monument grounds redesign, Washington, D.C.
occupation landscape architect
professor
urban designer
positionHeld practice professor of landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania

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