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Symposium: Situating the Residential Projects of the Olmsted Firm
October 20, 2022 | 9:00 am – October 21, 2022 | 5:00 pm
This major two-day symposium brings together experts in the fields of landscape architecture history and practice to examine the residential projects of the Olmsted firm, spanning from 1857 to 1979. Organized and hosted by Planting Fields Foundation, in conjunction with the National Association for Olmsted Parks (NAOP) and the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, this multi-day convening focuses on the impact of the Olmsted firm on residential landscape design, considering patronage, taste-making, and place-making for a private context; American landscapes and issues of race; methods of sustainability in the preservation and restoration of historic designed landscapes; and decision-making models for studying and sustaining historic design landscapes, among other topics.
Speakers include luminaries John Dixon Hunt, Laurie Olin, Charles Birnbaum, Arleyn Levee, Patricia O’Donnell, Witold Rybczynski, and Sara Zewde.
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Thursday, October 20, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM and
Friday, October 21, 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
General price: $300.00
Scholarship opportunities are available, please click here for more information.
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This event was made possible through grant funding provided by the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.
