The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Formation1998
FounderCharles A. Birnbaum
PurposeConnecting people to places
HeadquartersWashington, D. C.
Region served
United States
President
Charles A. Birnbaum
Websitewww.tclf.org

The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1998 by Charles A. Birnbaum[1] with a mission of “connecting people to places.”

Mission

TCLF educates and engages the public to study landscapes and better understand the individuals who created them. Its website provides a search portal to a database of hundreds of pioneers of American landscape design and their built works. TCLF's catalogue of entries ranges from profiles of 19th century icons like Frederick Law Olmsted to modernist masters like Dan Kiley. As an advocate for threatened landscapes, the organization has also stopped the destruction of over 50 important gardens and landmark parks through its highly publicized annual Landslides list.[2] Its goal is achieved through outreach and education including tours and photo exhibits about "What's Out There."

History

TCLF launched the Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize in 2021, which includes a $100,000 award and two years of public engagement activities. [3][4][5] Its first recipient was Julie Bargmann.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Anne Raver (September 15, 2005). "You Can Sit on Your Parks, or Save Them". New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  2. ↑ Kathryn Shattuck (November 21, 2008). "Saving That Landscape, in Pictures at Least". New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  3. ↑ Shannon Kelly. "Anne Spencer garden featured by the Cultural Landscape Foundation in preservation effort". The News & Advance. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  4. ↑ Neda Ulaby (October 14, 2021). "She reclaims toxic waste dumps, and she just won a major landscape architecture award". NPR. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  5. ↑ Brown, Patricia Leigh (October 2, 2019). "Landscape Prize Honors Cornelia Hahn Oberlander" – via NYTimes.com.
  6. ↑ Raskin, Laura. "Julie Bargmann Is the Winner of the Inaugural Oberlander Prize; a "Pritzker Prize" for Landscape Architecture". Metropolis. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
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