What do New York’s Central Park and Boston’s Emerald Necklace have in common? First of all, these great parks are the work of Frederick Law Olmsted, visionary social reformer and founder of American ...

Frederick Law Olmsted, most famous for designing New York's Central Park, also designed a system of parks for Louisville. Olmsted's Louisville parks were designed to incorporate the city's diverse ...

April 26, 2022, marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, and UB faculty member Adam Rome is offering his take on Olmsted’s life, legacy and innovations in a forthcoming ...

Washington Park is one of Milwaukee’s most historic parks, designed by the father of landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted, in the late 19th century and once home to the Milwaukee County Zoo ...

Creating common ground was the mission of Frederick Law Olmsted, founder of American landscape architecture. The year 2022 marks the bicentennial of Olmsted’s birth and his epic impact across North ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — April 26, 2022 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, and University at Buffalo professor Adam Rome is offering his take on Olmsted’s life, legacy and ...

While studying landscape architecture at the University of Michigan in the 1980s, Thomas Herrera-Mishler grew to admire Frederick Law Olmsted, the iconic designer of urban parks. Herrera-Mishler ...

Emily Olmsted ’14 may not be a direct descendant of Frederick Law Olmsted, but she carries at least a trace of his lineage, and her family has always considered the “father of landscape architecture” ...

The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) has awarded Beijing-based landscape architect Kongjian Yu the 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize. The biennial Oberlander ...