Dispatch 5: James Corner

11/27/20 • 49 min

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.

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This episode was originally broadcast in March 2006.

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.

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Dispatch 4: Jane Amidon

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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Dispatch 6: Michael Vergason

This episode was originally broadcast in May 2006.

Michael Vergason talks about his practice, the process of drawing, the ASLA, and his experience as a principal at EDAW. Michael is principal of Michael Vergason Landscape Architects in Alexandria, Virginia and the 2006 Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professorship in Architecture at the University of Virginia.