Charles Birnbaum (b. 1961) is an American landscape architect and advocate, best known as founder and president of The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF). Before TCLF, he coordinated the National Park Service Historic Landscape Initiative, developing national standards for cultural landscape preservation. He has dedicated his career to identifying, documenting, and saving threatened landscapes across the U.S. Through TCLF’s Landslide program and public forums, Birnbaum has built broad awareness of designed landscapes as part of cultural heritage. His work continues to bridge preservation, advocacy, and education.
Charles Birnbaum is the CEO and founder of TCLF—The Cultural Landscape Foundation. In his work, he is a fearless advocate and activist for significant American landscape architecture sites. He was honored as a 2020 LILA Honour Award Winner for initiating and developing TCLF for over 25 years with an “innovative vision, executed with great precision, […]
Mar 13, 2024, at 5 – 6:15pm CET Online Available Register Now “The threatened demolition of Mary Miss’ pioneering and influential site-specific installation Greenwood Pond: Double Site in the permanent collection of the Des Moines Art Center is the impetus for a 75-minute webinar about the significance and importance of land art by women artists. […]
New Video Oral History with Julie Bargmann, Inaugural Recipient of the Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize, released by The Cultural Landscape Foundation Eighteenth in an ongoing Pioneers of American Landscape Design® video oral history series that documents, collects, and preserves first-hand information from pioneering landscape architects The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) today announces the release […]
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