Lawrence Halprin
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| Lawrence Halprin | |
| Born | July 01, 1916; New York, N.Y. |
| Died | October 25, 2009; United States |
| Firms | Lawrence Halprin & Associates, San Francisco, California |
| Notes | One of the leading U.S. landscape architects of the 20th century. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/architects/Lawrence_Halprin.html |
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[edit] Works
- Marin General Hospital, Novato, California, 1952
- Greenwood Common: Berkeley, California, 1958
- Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley, California, 1960
- FDR Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Sea Ranch Condominium landscaping with MLTW
- Lovejoy Fountain Plaza, at Portland, Oregon, 1966. GreatBuildings page
- Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco, California, 1968
- Embarcadero Center public areas, San Francisco, California, 1972
- Freeway Park, at Seattle, Washington, 1972 to 1976. GreatBuildings page
- Portland Transit Mall, Portland, Oregon, 1973 to 1978.
- Levi's Plaza, San Francisco, California, 1982
- Stern Grove redesign, San Francisco, California, 2005
[edit] Discussion
(b. New York, N.Y. 1916)
Lawrence Halprin was born in New York City in 1916. He attended Cornell University, the University of Wisconsin, and Harvard University from which he graduated in 1942 with a Bachelors in Landscape Architecture. Following an apprenticeship with Thomas Church during which he helped develop the contemporary California garden concept, Halprin opened his own office in 1949. Since 1976 he has been a partner with Sue Yung Li Ikeda.
Halprin worked at a series of scales from sculptural fountains to urban renewal schemes to regional planning. He created landscapes available to all segments of society and generated on the basis of final user needs.
Halprin considered the design process as important as the end result. He analyzed user needs to create diagrams and designs. He developed a design methodology involving client and user in which their desires were synthesized into a final design statement. The organic, free flowing, romantic people spaces that Halprin created owe everything to the lessons of nature and the needs of the twentieth century user.
[edit] Awards
- 1964 AIA Medal for Allied professionals
- 1969 Elected fellow in the ASLA
- 1970 Elected honorary fellow of the Institute of Interior Design
- 1979 Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture
- 1979 Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement awarded by the AIA
- 2002 National Medal of Arts by The President of the United States
- 2002 Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell Golden Ring
- 2003 ASLA Design Medal
- 2005 Michaelangelo Award
[edit] General Discussion at Wikipedia
Lawrence Halprin
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[edit] References
- Muriel Emmanuel. Contemporary Architects. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. ISBN 0-312-16635-4. NA 680-C625. p335-337.
- "Landscape legend Lawrence Halprin dies at 93," by Katy Muldoon. The Oregonian. 2009.1026.
- Lawrence Halprin - landscape architect - dies, John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 2009.1027.
[edit] External Links
- Great New Landscapes, by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 476, 2010.0526. pN1.1.
- Lawrence Halprin Oral History at The Cultural Landscape Foundation
