Laurie Olin

Laurie Olin (b. 1938 in Marshfield, Wisconsin) is an American landscape architect. He has worked on everything from private residences to large public parks. Olin grew up in Alaska, and earned his degree in Architecture from the University of Washington in Seattle, where he was mentored under Richard Haag. After graduating he worked for offices in Seattle, New York City, and London. In 1976 he became a professor for the University of Pennsylvania, where he offered courses on the design of environments. Ten years later he was head chair of the landscape architecture program at Harvard University. After serving as chair at Harvard, Olin returned to Penn where he continues to be Practice Professor of Landscape Architecture.

Olin is the founding partner of the landscape architecture and urban design firm OLIN. The firm received the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Landscape Design in 2008, and in 2010 was on the winning team in the competition to design the new United States Embassy in London with architects KieranTimberlake.[1]

Olin is a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow, an American Academy of Rome Fellow, an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the 1999 Wyck-Strickland Award recipient, and a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Olin won the Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture in 1972, was the recipient of the 1998 Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was recently inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Olin has written widely on the history and theory of architecture and landscape, receiving the Bradford Williams medal for best writing on Landscape Architecture. Olin co-authored La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany, which includes a historical essay, along with photographs, sketches, and a critical analysis of the early 20th century garden in Italy. Across the Open Field (2000), is both a memoir and series of essays on the evolution of the English landscape. He is also the author of Transforming the Commonplace (1996) and Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its Makers (2006, with Witold Rybczynski), on James Deering's mansion in Coconut Grove, Florida.

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  1. ^ February 23, 2010  (2010-02-23). "Architecture review: The new U.S. Embassy in London - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/02/kierantimberlake-wins-design-competition-for-us-embassy-in-london.html. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  2. ^ "ASLA Announces 2011 Honors". asla.org. 2011-07-27. http://www.asla.org/NewsReleaseDetails.aspx?id=32414. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  3. ^ "Olin : placemaking (Book, 2008)". [WorldCat.org]. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/213846238. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  4. ^ "Vizcaya : an American villa and its makers (Book, 2007)". [WorldCat.org]. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77535401. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  5. ^ "La Foce : a garden and landscape in Tuscany (Book, 2001)". [WorldCat.org]. 2007-08-05. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46473963. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  6. ^ "Across the open field : essays drawn from English landscapes (Book, 2000)". [WorldCat.org]. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41380362. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  7. ^ "Transforming the common place : selections from Laurie Olin's sketchbooks. (Book, 1996)". [WorldCat.org]. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36963741. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  8. ^ "Breath on the mirror; Seattle's Skid Road community. (Book, 1972)". [WorldCat.org]. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/347999. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 

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