Nichols Prize Luncheon Peter Walker, Laureate 2012 (8467494497)

Peter Walker is an American landscape architect and the founder of PWP Landscape Architecture.

Early life

Peter WalkerThe Cultural Landscape Foundation
The Cultural Landscape Foundation.ASLA- The Dirt
ASLA- The Dirt Bio. grew up in California and attended the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

. Walker started out studying Journalism but quickly changed his field. He received his Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture in 1955, and did his graduate studies at the

University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univer ...

where he studied under Stanley White."Stanley White Papers, 1925-1977 , University of Illinois Archives." Stanley White Papers, 1925-1977 , University of Illinois Archives. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Feb. 2015.
/ref> Walker attended the

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

Graduate School of Design The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is the graduate school of design at Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It offers master's and doctoral programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban ...

, where he received his master's degree in Landscape Architecture in 1957, and won the school's

Jacob Weidenmann Jacob Weidenmann (August 22, 1829 – February 6, 1893) was an landscape architect from Switzerland known for his design of rural cemeteries and public parks. Biography Weidenmann was born in Winterthur, Switzerland on August 22, 1829. He was ...

Prize"The Cultural Landscape Foundation." Jacob Weidenmann. The Cultural Landscape Foundation, n.d. Web. 09 Feb. 2015.
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Prize Description that year.

Career

At Harvard, Walker had been deeply influenced by his professor,

Hideo Sasaki Hideo Sasaki (25 November 1919 – 30 August 2000) was a Japanese American landscape architect. Biography Hideo Sasaki was born in Reedley, California, on 25 November 1919. He grew up working on his family's California truck farm, and harvesti ...

. After graduating, he worked for Sasaki. Shortly thereafter, they both went into partnership to form Sasaki Walker Associates in 1957. Peter Walker and Sasaki went their separate ways in 1983, and Walker went into partnership with landscape architect

Martha Schwartz Martha Schwartz (born November 21, 1950) is an American landscape architect and educator. Schwartz is the founding principal of Martha Schwartz Partners, an architecture firm based in London, New York City, and Shanghai. She is also Professor in ...

.Mozingo, ''Pastoral Capitalism'', Notes p. 255 In the early 1990s Walker formed Peter Walker and Partners. In a 1993 review, Walker was one of four landscape architects named as representative of the new generation. The company developed into an interdisciplinary firm that employs around thirty to forty landscape architects. The company has received many awards and co-designed the

World Trade Center Memorial The National September 11 Memorial & Museum (also known as the 9/11 Memorial & Museum) is a memorial and museum in New York City commemorating the September 11 attacks of 2001, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bomb ...

in New York with architect

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. Walker designed the garden for the

Nasher Sculpture Center Opened in 2003, the Nasher Sculpture Center is a museum in Dallas, Texas, that houses the Patsy and Raymond Nasher collection of modern and contemporary sculpture. It is located on a site adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art in the Dallas Art ...

. In 2013 he was involved in a public argument with the architect of a neighboring building, Museum Tower, because the glare from the glass was damaging the vegetation. Walker described it as "public desecration". Peter Walker is also a co-author of ''Invisible Gardens'', which touches on the modernist movement in America and the comparison of other landscapes to those in Europe. The book discusses influential landscape architects, such as Hideo Sasaki.

Awards

*2004 - The ASLA Medal,The ASLA Medal 2004: Peter E. Walker, FASLA
ASLA.org the highest medal of the

American Society of Landscape Architects The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is a professional association for landscape architects in the United States. The ASLA's mission is to advance landscape architecture through advocacy, communication, education, and fellowship ...

. *2004 - ASLA Honor Award: Design, Nasher Sculpture Center"ASLA.org." © ASLA.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015.
/ref> *2005 - The ''Geoffrey Jellicoe Gold Medal''"Landscape Awards." Landscape Awards. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015.
/ref> from the International Federation of Landscape Architects''."2005 SGJA · IFLA World." 2005 SGJA · IFLA World. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015.
/ref> *2008 - The ASLA Landmark Award for Tanner Fountain at

, Cambridge, Massachusetts"ASLA 2008 Professional Awards." ASLA 2008 Professional Awards. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015.
/ref> *2010 - Knight Management Center: Stanford GSB awarded Green Project of the Year by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal"New Home of Stanford GSB Honored for Sustainability." Stanford Graduate School of Business. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015.
/ref> *2012 - The J.C. Nichols Prize Winner for Visionaries in Urban Development from the

Urban Land Institute The Urban Land Institute, or ULI, is a nonprofit research and education organization with regional offices in Washington, D.C., Hong Kong, and London. ULI advocates progressive development, conducting research, and education in topics such as ...

2012 Nichols Prize Winner
Peter Walker wins 2012 ULI J.C. Nicols Prize. *2012 - Peter Walker & PWP Landscape Architecture awarded the Liberty Award by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council."Lower Manhattan Cultural Council." Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015.
/ref> *2012 - The ASLA Medal Recipient."2012 ASLA Design Medal Recipient , Asla.org." 2012 ASLA Design Medal Recipient , Asla.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015.
/ref> *2014 - The James Daniel Bybee Prize Recipient."Frasca-1.jpg." Building Stone Institute RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015.
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Notable projects

Australia

* Barangaroo Headlands Park in Sydney, New South Wales * Millennium Parklands in Sydney

Europe

* Novartis Headquarters in Basel, Switzerland * The Sony Center in Berlin, Germany * Munich Airport - Hotel Kempinski in Munich, Germany

United States

* National 911 Memorial in New York, New York *

Transbay Terminal The San Francisco Transbay Terminal was a transportation complex in San Francisco, California, United States, roughly in the center of the rectangle bounded north–south by Mission Street and Howard Street, and east–west by Beale Street and 2 ...

in San Francisco, California *

Jamison Square Jamison Square is a city park in Portland, Oregon's Pearl District. It was the first park added to the neighborhood. Design At a cost of $3.6 million, the park was designed and built during the 12-year tenure of Mayor Vera Katz. The park was d ...

in Portland, Oregon * Pixar Headquarters in Emeryville, California *

Constitution Gardens Constitution Gardens is a park area in Washington, D.C., United States, located within the boundaries of the National Mall. The park is bounded on the west by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, on the east by 17th St NW, on the north by Constitu ...

in Washington, D.C. (won competition for partial redesign in 2012) *

Glenstone Glenstone is a private contemporary art museum in Potomac, Maryland, from downtown Washington, D.C. The museum's exhibitions are drawn from a collection of about 1,300 works from post-World War II artists around the world. It is the largest priv ...

in Potomac, Maryland *

Newport Beach Civic Center and Park The Newport Beach Civic Center and Park is a civic center and community park located in Newport Beach, California. It is situated on a 16-acre lot that is bordered by Avocado Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. History The project was officially ...

in Newport Beach, California *

University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD or UT Dallas) is a public research university in Richardson, Texas. It is one of the largest public universities in the Dallas area and the northernmost institution of the University of Texas system. It w ...

Campus in Richardson, Texas

Asia

Jewel Changi Airport Jewel Changi Airport (also known as Jewel or Jewel Changi) is a nature-themed entertainment and retail complex surrounded by and linked to Changi Airport, Singapore, linked to one of its passenger terminals. Its centrepiece is the world's talle ...

in Singapore * Marina Bay Sands in Singapore *

Ciudad de Victoria Ciudad de Victoria (Spanish for "City of Victory" or "Victory City") also known as the Philippine Arena Complex is a 140-hectare tourism enterprise zone in the towns of Bocaue and Santa Maria in Bulacan, Philippines. It is located north of Metro ...

in Bocaue, Philippines

Publications

Books

* Walker, Peter, and Leah Levy. ''Peter Walker: Minimalist Gardens. Washington,'' DC: Spacemaker, 1997. Print.Horsley, Carter B. "Books: Minimalist Gardens by Peter Walker." Books: Minimalist Gardens by Peter Walker. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015.
/ref> * ''Invisible Gardens: The Search for Modernism in the American Landscape''. Walker, Peter, and Melanie Simo. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT-Press, 1998. Print.Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT-Press, 1998."Invisible Gardens." Goodreads. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015.
/ref> * ''Peter Walker and Partners: Defining the Craft.'' Walker, Peter. San Rafael, CA: ORO Editions, 2005. Print."Peter Walker Partners." ''Goodreads''. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015.
Peter Walker and Partners: Defining the Craft.

Sources

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References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Peter Living people American landscape architects American landscape and garden designers UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design alumni University of Illinois College of Fine and Applied Arts alumni Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni Year of birth missing (living people)