Udo Weilacher
Udo Weilacher, Prof. Dr. sc. ETH, (born 1963) is a German landscape architect, author and Professor for Landscape Architecture.
Biography
Udo Weilacher, born in Kaiserslautern/ Germany, was originally educated as a gardener in 1984. He studied landscape architecture at the Technical University of Munich-Weihenstephan and at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona between 1986 and 1993. At the Technical University of Munich he received his diploma from the German landscape architect and professor Peter Latz. In 1995 Weilacher got the Peter Joseph Lenné-Award and in 1996 the Schinkel-Award in Germany for outstanding works in landscape design. At University of Karlsruhe (TH) and the ETH Zürich where he worked as a scientific assistant and a lecturer until 2002, it was the renowned Swiss landscape architect Dieter Kienast, who influenced Weilacher in his practical and theoretical work.
Udo Weilacher did extensive research on the relationship between art and landscape and on theory and history of contemporary landscape architecture. He published his works internationally, is a member in international juries and initiated numerous projects fusing art and landscape architecture, among others with the "Zeichen + Landschaft" association at the Technical University of Munich and the "Grenzland" lecture series at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zürich. After teaching and research work at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) and the ETH Zurich, were he gained his distinguished doctorate in 2002 [1] (Medal of the ETH Zürich), he became full professor for Landscape Architecture and Design [2] at the Leibniz University Hannover in 2002 and, in 2006 until 2008, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Sciences.[3] Since April 2009 Udo Weilacher works as full professor for Landscape Architecture and Industrial Landscapes[4] at the Technische Universität München, Faculty of Architecture.[5]
Publications (selection)
- Weilacher, Udo (1996/1999): Between Landscape Architecture and Land Art. Basel Berlin Boston: Birkhauser Publisher ISBN 3-7643-6119-0
- Weilacher, Udo/ Wullschleger, Peter (2002): Guide to Swiss Landscape Architecture. Basel Berlin Boston: Birkhauser Publisher
- Weilacher, Udo (2005): Visionary Gardens. Modern Landscapes by Ernst Cramer. Basel Berlin Boston: Birkhauser Publisher ISBN 3-7643-6567-6
- Weilacher, Udo (2005): In Gardens. Profiles of contemporary European Landscape Architecture. Basel Berlin Boston: Birkhauser Publisher ISBN 376437084X
- Weilacher, Udo (2006): Promises instead of ready-made answers. in: Quart Verlag, Luzern (ed.): Schweingruber Zulauf. Volume 3 of the Series Arcadia 2006. 8-49. Luzern: Quart Verlag ISBN 3907631331
- Weilacher, Udo (2006): Image Worlds in Motion. Landscapes Accelerated and De-accelerated." in: Franzen, Brigitte/ Krebs, Stefanie (ed.): Mikrolandschaften. Landscape Culture on the Move. Microlandscapes. 184-199 Koeln: Buchhandlung Walther Koenig ISBN 3-88789-150-3
- Udo Weilacher: Switzerland und approximately 18 other contributions in: Taylor, Patrick (ed.): The Oxford Companion to the Garden. Oxford University Press, New York 2006 ISBN 0198662556
- Bettina von Dziembowski, Dominik von König, Udo Weilacher (2007): NEULAND. Bildende Kunst und Landschaftsarchitektur. Basel Berlin Boston: Birkhauser Publisher ISBN 9783764386191
- Udo Weilacher (2007): The Garden as the Last Luxury Today: Thought-Provoking Garden Projects by Dieter Kienast. in: Conan, Michel (ed.): Contemporary Garden Aesthetics, Creations and Interpretations. 81-95. Harvard University Press ISBN 0884023257
- Udo Weilacher (2007): Land Art in: Colafranceschi, Daniela (ed.): Landscape + 100 words to inhabit it. Land&ScapeSeries. 108-110. Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gili SL
- Weilacher, Udo (2008): Syntax of Landscape. The Landscape Architecture by Peter Latz and Partners. Basel Berlin Boston: Birkhauser Publisher. ISBN 978-3-7643-7615-4
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