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Department Lectures

Landscape Architecture Lectures

Each year, the Department of Landscape Architecture invites practitioners and researchers in landscape architecture and allying fields to present guest lectures as part of the Landscape Lecture Series.

Marvin I. Adleman Memorial Lectures

As part of the lecture series, the Department invites distinguished guests to present the Marvin I. Adleman Memorial Lecture, which honors former professor Marvin I. Adleman. Past presenters of the memorial lecture include:

  • Walter Hood, Creative Director & Founder, Hood Design Studio, 2021
  • Glenn LaRue Smith, Principal & Co-Founder, PUSH Studio, 2020
  • Michael Van Valkenburgh, Founder & Partner, MVVA Inc., 2018

Department Lectures

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Lecture

Landscape Architecture Fall 2024 Lecture Series: Ketevan Gurchiani
Join us in 175 Warren Hall for a lecture with Ketevan Gurchiani, Professor of Anthropology at Ilia State University in Tbilisi. This lecture is titled "On Hidden Power of Trees: Urban Resistance in Tbilisi." This event is co-sponsored by the...
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Landscape Architecture Fall 2024 Lecture Series: Lisa Diedrich
Join us in 175 Warren Hall for a lecture with Lisa Diedrich, Professor ad honorem, Walter Gopius Chair (DAAD) at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and Professor of Landscape Architecture at SLU Landscape, Swedish University of...
  • Landscape
  • Urban and Landscape Design
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Landscape Architecture Fall 2024 Lecture Series: Kelly Presutti
Join us in 175 Warren Hall for a lecture with Kelly Presutti, Assistant Professor in the Department of History of Art + Visual Studies at Cornell University. This lecture is titled "Mediated Landscapes."
  • Landscape
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Landscape Architecture Fall 2024 Lecture Series: Rosetta S. Elkin
Join us in 461 Kennedy Hall for a lecture with Rosetta Elkin, Academic Director + Associate Professor for the MLA Program at Pratt Institute. This lecture is titled "Landscapes of Retreat."
  • Landscape
  • environment

LABash Lectures

In 2019, Cornell University was selected to host the 50th edition of the LABash Student Conference. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the planned in-person conference was postponed to 2021. The 2021 edition of the conference was held virtually, allowing for a range of speakers globally to discuss the conference's theme, "Compacted Grounds."

All lectures from the conference are available to view.

LABash 2021 Keynote Lectures

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Kofi Boone, FASLA

Joseph D. Moore Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

NC State University, College of Design

The Commons: Land, Property, Information, and Landscape Agency

 

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Diana Fernandez Bibeau

Senior Associate, Sasaki

Heterogenous Futures

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Signe Nielsen, FASLA

Principal, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects

Equity by Design

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Dr. Diane Jones Allen, FASLA

Program Director and Professor

University of Texas, Arlington

Dr. Austin Allen

Associate Professor of Practice

University of Texas, Arlington

Landscape: Reclaiming Sustainability and Resilience

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