LAEP Speaker Series at USU
The Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at Utah State University presents a lecture series throughout the year, and the first lecture is Thursday, Nov. 8, with an appearance by Richard L. Haag.
Artists of Landscape Architecture Speaker Series 2007-08 is hosted by USU’s LAEP department and is sponsored by the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation. Haag is a landscape architect from Seattle, Wash., who was recently award the American Society of Landscape Architects Design Medal.
Haag is featured in two public events on the USU campus. The first is an informal discussion Nov. 8 at 9:30 a.m. in the Tippetts Gallery of the Chase Fine Arts Center. The second is his lecture presentation, “Join the Conspiracy,” at 1:30 p.m. in the Taggart Student Center Auditorium. The activities are free and open to everyone.
Haag, a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, received the Design Medal in honor of his exceptional accomplishments in design. The medal is awarded to an individual landscape architect who has produced a body of exceptional design work at a sustained level for a period of at least 10 years. His creativity and sensitivity to the natural environment and adaptive re-use of existing structures and facilities has been expressed in more than 500 built projects.
He is the founder and professor emeritus of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington. He teaches and lectures internationally, while practicing as principal of Richard Haag and Associates.
Two of Haag’s best-known projects are Gas Works Park in Seattle and Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island, Wash. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Japan for two years and was named a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome.
According to Web site information, the most fundamental aspect of his work has been a concern for landform and sculpting of the land. His choice of plants and their juxtaposition is often rich, bold and strong, yet accomplished with the use of only a few species and groups at a time.
For information on Haag’s visit to USU, contact LEAP faculty member Caroline Lavoie, (435) 797-0505.
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Contact: Caroline Lavoie (435) 797-0505
Source: Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Source: Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Landscape architect Richard L. Haag will be on the USU campus for two events. He is part of a lecture series in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning sponsored by the Marie Eccles Caine Foundaiton.
An example of landscape architect Richard Haag's work.
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