Oberlander Prize Forum V
EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: Join TCLF and Longwood Gardens for a one-day symposium on October 29 examining how landscape architects are redefining the relationship between research and design, with a keynote address and reception on October 28 and mobile workshops on October 30.
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF)
connects people to places. TCLF educates and engages the public to make our shared landscape heritage more visible, identify its value, and empower its stewards.
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Oberlander Prize
The biennial Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize includes a $100,000 award and two years of public engagement activities.
PLACES: What's Out There
This searchable database raises public awareness of the rich diversity and interconnectedness of our shared landscape heritage.
Check Out The What’s Out There San Francisco Bay Area Guide
The What's Out There San Francisco Bay Area Guide reveals the landscape legacy of this unique city.
Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial
Hing Hay Park
Kykuit Japanese Garden
Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site
STEWARDSHIP: Landslide
The goal of Landslide is to draw immediate and lasting attention to threatened landscapes and unique features, and to encourage informed, community-based stewardship decisions.
The Cultural Landscape Foundation Sues Department of the Interior Over the Painting of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Suit calls for federal levels reviews that are usually done for sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Recent Updates
at-risk
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
TCLF and seven other organizations sued the Trump Administration seeking to prevent changes to the nationally significant cultural institution and living memorial to the 35th U.S. President
at-risk
Gas Works Park
Reflecting Richard Haag’s innovative approach to landscape architecture, this park is threatened by plans to extensively remove piping, catwalks, ladders, and support systems from the site’s prominent "Cracking Towers."
EVENTS: Lectures, Exhibitions, Tours
TCLF hosts events across the United States including excursions, dialogues, and tours that highlight the nation's rich and diverse landscape heritage.
What's Out There Weekend Upper Hudson Valley
What’s Out There Weekend (WOTW) Upper Hudson Valley will illuminate the distinctive landscape legacy and local character of the region extending across Columbia, Greene, Albany, and Rensselaer Counties, as evidenced by their publicly accessible parks, estates, gardens, cemeteries, campuses, and neighborhoods.
Examples: Landscape name, designer, stytle, location, etc
Advanced SearchPEOPLE: Designers & Stewards
Pioneers of American Landscape Design chronicles the lives and careers of those who have designed our gardens, parks, streets, campuses, cemeteries, suburbs, and the innumerable other environments in which we live.
Joseph Y. Yamada Oral History
The San Diego-based landscape architect's oral history is the ninth in the series and the first in high-def.
Examples: “Dan Kiley” or “Modernist”
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