Cultural Landscape Foundation

Pioneers of american landscape design, an in-depth multimedia library, includes thoroughly researched essays and video oral histories chronicling the lives of significant landscape architects and educators. Pioneers have included luminaries like cornelia hahn oberlander, lawrence halprin, laurie olin, harriet pattison, and m. Paul friedberg.the cornelia hahn oberlander international landscape architecture prize, is a biennial prize in landscape architecture that includes a us$100,000 monetary award and two years of public engagement activities. It is bestowed on a recipient who is "exceptionally talented, creative, courageous, and visionary and has "a significant body of built work that exemplifies the art of landscape architecture." the inaugural laureate, julia bargmann, was announced in october 2021. The second laureate, kongjian yu, was announced in 2023.

What's out there (wot): the goal of this searchable, easy-to-navigate database is to raise public awareness of the rich diversity and interconnectedness of our shared designed landscape heritage. Spanning over two centuries of american landscape design, the what's out there database is searchable by landscape name, locale, designer, type, and sytle. It has over 2,500 entries so far with content created by academics, volunteers, and advocates, and has been vetted over the past decade by dozens of researchers and historians. We created what's out there to serve as a reference for students and teachers of design and history, enthusiasts, and professionals, provoking interest, informing stewardship decisions, and enriching our understanding of our designed landscape history. An extension of the what's out there database, what's out there weekend draws people out into their communities to experience first-hand the landscapes that they see every day but often overlook. Hosted in different cities every year, what's out there weekend brings to light the unique landscape legacy and local character of each city, defined by its publicly accessible parks, gardens, plazas, cemeteries, memorials, and neighborhoods. Free, expert-led weekend tours of 25 to 30 sites.