Janet Rosenberg
IFLA,
FCSLA,
FASLA, is a Canadian
landscape architect
A landscape architect is a person who is educated in the field of landscape architecture. The practice of landscape architecture includes: site analysis, site inventory, site planning, land planning, planting design, grading, storm water manageme ...
based in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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and the founding principal of Janet Rosenberg & Studio.
Notable landscape projects include 30 Adelaide Street East (Toronto, 2002),
Barrel Warehouse Park (
Waterloo, 2001), Town Hall Square (Toronto, 2005),
HTO Park (Toronto, 2007), Guelph Civic Centre Market Square (
Guelph
Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Well ...
, 2012), Jamie Bell Adventure Playground,
High Park
High Park is a municipal park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. High Park is a mixed recreational and natural park, with sporting facilities, cultural facilities, educational facilities, gardens, playgrounds and a zoo. One-third of the park remains ...
(Toronto, 2012),
Fort York
Fort York (french: Fort-York) is an early 19th-century military fortification in the Fort York neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The fort was used to house members of the British and Canadian militaries, and to defend the entrance of t ...
’s Visitor Centre (Toronto, 2014), Mirvish Village/
Honest Ed’s (Toronto, 2015–), David Braley & Nancy Gordon Rock Garden at
Royal Botanical Gardens (
Burlington/
Hamilton, 2016),
Pioneer Village and
Finch West TTC stations, Alexandra Park Community Revitalization (Toronto, 2017–), and
Kìwekì Point (formerly Nepean Point) (
Ottawa
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, 2017–). Rosenberg, together with Ghanaian-British architect
David Adjaye
Sir David Frank Adjaye (born 22 September 1966) is a Ghanaian-British architect. He is known for having designed many notable buildings around the world, including the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D ...
and Israeli designer and artist
Ron Arad, was one of the six design teams shortlisted for the Canadian Holocaust Monument international design competition in 2014.
Rosenberg was awarded the 1992
Governor General of Canada
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Confederation Medal, the 2003 OALA’s Pinnacle Award for Landscape Architectural Excellence, and the 2008 Urban Leadership Award from the
Canadian Urban Institute. Rosenberg is a Fellow of the
Canadian Society of Landscape Architects and the
American Society of Landscape Architects
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.
References
Canadian landscape architects
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people