Martha Schwartz

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Martha Schwartz (* 1950 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania) is an US -American landscape architect and university teacher. It has offices in Cambridge , Massachusetts and London under the name Martha Schwartz Partners . Schwartz teaches as a professor of landscape architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design .

life and work

Schwartz studied landscape architecture at the University of Michigan , where she received her master's degree in 1977. She then completed postgraduate studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design .

In her work, the focus is on projects of a metropolitan dimension and the exploration of new forms of design in the landscape. She pursues the aim of developing landscape design solutions that blur the boundary between landscape, design and art.

Schwartz was married to the landscape architect Peter Walker and shared an office with him. For her projects she worked a. a. with the architects Philip Johnson , John Burgee Architects, Mark Mack and Arata Isozaki .

Martha Schwartz has received numerous prizes and awards for her work.

Important buildings and projects

Design of the Grand Canal Theater Square, Dublin
Illumination of the Grand Canal Theater Square, Dublin
  • Design of Grand Canal Square, Dublin. 2010
  • Swiss Re headquarters in Germany. 2002. Unterföhring, Germany (Architects: Bothe Richter Teherani)
  • Nexus World Kashii - Fukuoka International Housing, Site B-4. 1990-91. Fukuoka, Japan (Architect: Mark Mack)
  • HUD Plaza, Washington DC 1994–1995. Washington DC, USA

literature

  • Richardson, Tim (ed.). Martha Schwartz. Graphic landscapes . Birkhäuser Basel 2004. ISBN 978-3-7643-7023-7
  • Landecker, Heidi (ed.). Martha Schwartz, Transfiguration of the Commonplace . Spacemaker Press 1997.
  • Udo Weilacher: Peter Walker and Martha Schwartz. Interview in Rapperswil / Switzerland, August 4, 1994 . In: Die Gartenkunst 7 (1/1995), pp. 1–30.

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personal data
SURNAME Schwartz, Martha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American landscape architect and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania