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Hideo Sasaki, 80, Influential Landscape Architect, Dies ...

Mr. Sasaki founded Sasaki Associates, in the Boston suburb of Watertown, in 1953 while teaching at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, where he was chairman of the landscape architecture department from 1958 to 1968. He believed in throwing his students right into the design problems of the real world, where they worked alongside civil engineers, urban planners and contemporary giants like the architect Eero Saarinen and the sculptor and landscape designer Isamu Noguchi. In the boom years after World War II, Mr. Sasaki's team built some of America's first corporate parks, as companies like Upjohn and John Deere moved their headquarters from city to country. As whole neighborhoods were demolished in the urban renewal fever of the 1960's -- a movement much criticized now for erasing cultural history -- Mr. Sasaki's designers produced Copley Square in Boston, Constitution Plaza in Hartford and Washington Square Village in Manhattan. The designs played with earth shapes, using hard...

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e-Oculus » Archive » Progress is Made at Ground Zero

Now on view at the Center for Architecture. Moderating a panel of designers working at Ground Zero, Mellins raised questions about the timing of design and construction, and factors leading to design decisions. With literally hundreds of designers and engineers working at the site, collaboration has been trying at times, to say the least. But despite the strong-willed individuals running design teams, at the end of the day, decisions are being made, steel is being topped out, and nothing is being left on the table, said Steven Davis, FAIA, partner at Davis Brody Bond Aedas, the firm designing the 9/11 Memorial Museum. “It’s finally physical and we’re all excited,” remarked Matthew Donham, partner at Peter Walker Partners Landscape Architecture.

A voice of optimism, Davis discussed how rewarding it is to see progress made daily. “Forms are emerging, buildings are being topped out; it’s all going all right,” he said. Michael Arad, AIA, partner at Handel Architects and designer of the National 9/11 Memorial, admitted that, although the first year seemed very slow, recently time has moved faster. Given the opportunity, though, he would not opt for more time to develop the memorial. Those involved needed to be pushed to make decisions and to come to a consensus, he claimed. Craig Dykers, AIA, project director at Snøhetta and architect of the 9/11 Memorial Museum Pavilion, agreed with Arad, but felt that perhaps more time was needed before the design process began. Although this is not possible in a city like NYC (”things aren’t always done logically,” he said), Dykers believes that the disjuncture between the political process and necessary healing time will yield interesting results.

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Architecture and Design - Aug 18, 2009

in its two buildings, one for condos and the other for town houses, and is connected by a garden designed by landscape architect, Peter Walker.

Steppin Out calendar

Wilton Villager - Aug 20, 2009

Steppin#39; Out calendar31 quot;Affinity with Naturequot;, the art of Stamford landscape architect, Wendi Ohlson; collection of paintings, mixed media and watercolors. and morenbsp;raquo;

Steppin Out Calendar

The Hour - Aug 13, 2009

Steppin#39; Out Calendar31 quot;Affinity with Naturequot;, the art of Stamford landscape architect, Wendi Ohlson; collection of paintings, mixed media and watercolors. and morenbsp;raquo;

Community Calendar

TheDoings-ClarendonHills.com - Aug 27, 2009

AAUW will meet and Hinsdale architect will speak to members about design elements, and Melissa Wittenborn of ECO-Native Landscape Designs will discuss use and morenbsp;raquo;

On Exhibit

Winston-Salem Journal - Aug 10, 2009

The exhibition was organized by the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, in collaboration with The Cultural Landscape and morenbsp;raquo;

THE GLOSSIES

Wall Street Journal - Aug 14, 2009

Carol Milford, the heroine of Sinclair Lewis#39;s quot;Main Streetquot; (1920), dreamily imagines quot;the fairy-book suburb of Forest

Television movies for the week of Aug...

Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Aug 23, 2009

Television movies for the week of Aug. 23Peter Fonda. Reporters discover that the director of an exclusive theme park plans to replace world leaders with sophisticated robots. (PG) (2:00) TCM: Wed.