Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (1921–2021) was a German-born Canadian landscape architect, celebrated for her integration of ecology, modern architecture, and social use. After escaping Nazi Germany, she studied in the U.S. and later founded her practice in Vancouver in 1953. Her work shaped iconic projects such as Robson Square, the National Gallery of Canada, and the UBC Museum of Anthropology. Oberlander championed ecological design long before it was mainstream, blending horticultural knowledge with civic ambition. She remains a pioneering figure in North American landscape architecture.
Günther Vogt probably needs no introduction in our profession; he has been an important practitioner for a couple of decades now, appreciated globally for his rich, non-linear and adventurous design approach. Initially, his education was more in the direction of botany. He later shifted to landscape architecture by studying in Rapperswil, Switzerland. After his study […]
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 […]
In June, the US Landscape Architecture Foundation convened a symposium at the University of Pennsylvania entitled “The New Declaration: A Summit on Landscape Architecture”.
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