Laurie Olin

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educator landscape architect person urban designer

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

Statements (44)

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 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Wexner Center for the Arts →	architect
Pioneer Courthouse Square →	designedBy
The Barnes Foundation →	hasGardenDesignBy
Laurie Olin →	name