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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Predicate Object
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
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
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 American Society of Landscape Architects
name Laurie Olin
nationality United States
notableFor design of major public spaces in U.S. cities
notableRole leader in contemporary landscape urbanism
notableWork Barnes Foundation site design, Philadelphia
Battery Park City, New York City
Bryant Park, New York City
Canary Wharf landscape, London
Columbus Circle, New York City
Getty Center gardens, Los Angeles
Independence Mall redesign, Philadelphia
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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