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Graduate School of Design professor Michael Van Valkenburgh??who specializes in landscape architecture—will be honored this coming May with the American Academy of Arts and Letters’s 2010 Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture...
...Valkenburgh??s work has included landscape designs for Pennsylvania Avenue, the American Museum of Natural History, and Cornell and Princeton Universities. He has also spearheaded efforts to restore Harvard Yard over the past twenty years...
...more than any of this, what struck me was van Valkenburgh??s explanation of architecture’s effect on the soul, which he later wrote me in an email...
...hydrological system. The firm removed tons of toxic soil and raised the entire level of the valley six feet. Van Valkenburgh Associates has completed four projects at Wellesley to date, and six projects are currently underway. The award judges, comprised of the society’s members, praised Van Valkenburgh??s design for its “excellent planning and execution.” “This project totally transforms the campus and sends a very strong environmental message,” the jury said. Blier’s firm, Landworks Studio, was founded...
This quality of Van Valkenburgh??s work is also apparent at the center of campus, as he has directed the restoration of Harvard Yard over the past decade. Many of the original trees were ravaged by Dutch elm disease, so Van Valkenburgh has guided the careful replanting and replanning of this space. In addition to adding more resilient trees, his firm has modernized the system of paths and removed vegetation inappropriately planted at the base of many buildings...