Dispatch 4: Jane Amidon

11/20/20 • 41 min

This episode was originally broadcast in March 2006.

Jane Amidon is an Assistant Professor and Section Head of the Landscape Architecture Section of the Knowlton School of Architecture at the Ohio State University as well as the principal of Amidon Design Communication in Columbus, Ohio. She is also the editor for the first four Source Books in Landscape Architecture as well as the author of Dan Kiley's monograph, The Complete Works of America's Master Landscape Architect, and Radical Landscapes: Reinventing Outdoor Space. Here she talks about books and her role as a practitioner and professor.

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This episode was originally broadcast in March 2006.

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Dispatch 3: Elías Torres

This episode was originally broadcast in February 2006.

Elias Torres is a Doctorate in Architecture, the Partner of Lapeña-Torres Arquitectos in Barcelona, and a professor of Architecture at the Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona. Here he discusses his role as an educator and a designer, the role of landscape in the city and a number of his constructed projects such as the Barcelona Forum. He is also the author of the recent book Zenithal Light and has contributed to many other books and publications.

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Dispatch 5: James Corner

This episode was originally broadcast in March 2006.

James Corner, landscape architect and urban designer, is the founder and director of Field Operations in New York City and a previous chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at PennDesign. He is also the author of Taking Measures across the American Landscape with photographer Alex McLean and the editor of Recovering Landscape - Essays in Contemporary Landscape Architecture.

Here, Corner discusses his evolution as a landscape architect, his relationship with Ian McHarg as well as his role on the Freshkills Park and the High Line projects in New York.