Paul Thiene (1880–1971) was a

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landscape architect.

Biography

Early life

He was born in

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in 1880 and emigrated to the United States in 1903.University of California, Berkeley: Environmental Design Archives
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Career

He worked with landscape architect

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(1870-1957) until 1910. Later, he worked on the Panama–California Exposition in

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with Lloyd Wright, and they collaborated until 1918. Later, he designed landscapes for homes in

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, including Santa Barbara,

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, and

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. Additionally, he created an 80-foot waterfall on the grounds of the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. He was a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. He retired in 1951, at the age of seventy-one.

Personal life

He resided in

. He died in 1971.

References

1880 births 1971 deaths German emigrants to the United States Architects from Pasadena, California American landscape architects {{US-architect-stub