#CAROL JOHNSON LEADING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT PROFESSIONAL#

A Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, Randy has contributed to the nurturing of healthy communities through pro-bono work, teaching, and professional practice. His research produced two dozen books, including Design for Ecological Democracy, and more than 200 articles and reports. “Randy has employed landscape solutions to save endangered species and cultures, and to redistribute resources and power.”Ī pioneer in the landscape architecture community, Randy Hester’s long and accomplished career focused on democratic design with an emphasis on engaging communities.

Kendra Hyson, SmithGroup and The Urban Studio.

Susannah Drake, FAIA, FASLA, DLANDstudio.

Adam Greenspan, PWP Landscape Architecture, Chair.

Final selections are made by the Board Emeritus Council and LAF Executive Committee. Nominations are made by the LAF Board Emeritus Council. Nominations and selections are made by the LAF Board of Directors and Board Emeritus Council.īoth awards are conveyed annually, with the winners honored at the LAF Awards Dinner in the late spring. Recipients are announced each year in January and honored at a special event later in the spring. Launched in 2016 for LAF’s 50th anniversary, these awards are the Foundation's highest honors. Through two annual awards, the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) recognizes those individuals and firms/organizations that have made a significant and sustained contribution to the LAF mission of supporting the preservation, improvement and enhancement of the environment.

Some of Johnson's current projects include a Master Plan for the 113 acre Alaska Botanical Garden in Anchorage, Alaska, as well as a design for the Taoyuan Open Space in Taoyuan, Taiwan.įor more information about the Alumnae Achievement Awards, please contact us by email at or call the Alumnae Association at 78.Congratulations to our 2023 LAF Medal & Founders' Award recipients: Randolph Hester and the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) Johnson is also a frequent panelist and commentator on landscape design issues and has presented papers at multiple international conferences. Henderson Foundation, and fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. She has been Chair of numerous awards selection committees and is a Trustee for the Hubbard Educational Trust, Chair of the Board of Designators of the George B. While continuing to direct her practice, Carol Johnson is also an active member of various professional and civic organizations. In 1998, she became the first woman to receive the ASLA Medal, the Society's highest honor, and has also received the National Endowment for the Arts' Excellence in Universal Design Award in 1996. Johnson's firm has garnered numerous awards from prestigious affiliations such as the American Institute of Architects, American Society of Landscape Architects and Boston Society of Landscape Architects. Federal Courthouse in Boston, MA, the riverfront revitalization program in Hartford, CT and Lechmere Canal Park from the Waterfront Center in Washington D.C. Kennedy Memorial Park at Harvard University, the new U.S. Johnson & Associates, the firm has gained prominence through its work on high visibility design projects such as, the Hunnewell Visitors Center of the Arnold Arboretum and John F. She has since returned to Harvard to teach at the University's Graduate School of Design.Īs president and founder of Carol R. After receiving her Masters from Harvard University in 1957, Johnson gained experience at several reputable Boston area firms before establishing her own in 1959. Johnson ’51 is a nationally recognized leader in landscape architecture and site planning.

Carol johnson leading landscape architect