Anne Whiston Spirn

Anne Whiston Spirn is an American landscape architect, photographer and author. Her work promotes community-oriented spaces that are functional, sustainable, meaningful, and artful. Spirn is a professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning.[1] She is the 2001 winner of the International Cosmos Prize.[2][3]

Early life and education

Sprin was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. She graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College in 1969, where she studied Art History. She received her master's degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1974.[1]

Career

After graduating from University of Pennsylvania, Spirn worked as an ecological designer and planner at the office of Wallace McHarg Roberts and Todd from 1973 to 1977. She then became a professor of landscape architecture at Harvard University from 1979-1986. She left Harvard in 1986 to become the chair of the department of landscape architecture and planning and served as the co-director of the urban studies program at the University of Pennsylvania.

West Philadelphia Landscape Project

Since 1987 Spirn has directed the West Philadelphia Landscape Project in West Philadelphia. This project links landscape design, community development, and urban stormwater management. The WPLP includes development of landscape plans to enhance environmental quality, improvements to stimulate economic development, and strengthening of local school curricula and professional education.

Photography

In 2014, Spirn’s photography was exhibited at the Smith College Museum of Art featuring work that was produced over 35 years during Spirn's travels for her academic and personal research.[4][5][6]

Published books

  • Spirn, Anne Whiston (1984-01-01). The Granite Garden: Urban Nature and Human Design. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 0465026990. The book received the 1984 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) President’s Award of Excellence.[7][8]
  • Spirn, Anne Whiston (2000-01-01). The Language of Landscape. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300082940.
  • Spirn, Anne Whiston (2009). Daring to Look : Dorothea Lange's Photographs and Reports from the Field. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226769851. (received the 2011 ASLA Honor Award)[8][9]
  • Spirn, Anne Whiston (2014). The Eye Is a Door: Landscape, Photography, and the Art of Discovery. Wolf Tree Press.

References

  1. 1 2 "Faculty Anne Whiston Spirn". Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Spirn wins award for contribution to coexistence of 'nature and mankind'". MIT News. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "The eye is a door New exhibit showcases landscape photographs by Anne Whiston Spirn". MIT News. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  4. ↑ College, Smith. "The Eye is a Door". www.smith.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  5. ↑ "Anne Whiston Spirn makes a sense of place visible". The Boston Globe. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "'Eye of the Door' exhibit features Anne Whiston Spirn's landscape photography". The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts). 3 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "1984 ASLA Professional Awards Recipients". American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  8. 1 2 Green, Jared (7 January 2015). "Interview with Anne Whiston Spirn on the 30th Anniversary of The Granite Garden". American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "2011 ASLA Professional Awards Recipients". American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Retrieved 5 March 2016.

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