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Editor’s Introduction

Editor’s Introduction ABOUT THIS ISSUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In the early 1960s Lawrence Halprin jumped the gar- Several institutions contributed essential resources to den wall and found nature and the city. From that time the special issue, including: until the closure of his offi ce in 2009, Halprin rein- vented the scope, expanded the scale, and redefi ned Lawrence Halprin Collection, The Architectural the practice of landscape architecture. Archives at the University of Pennsylvania Having received manuscript submissions explor- The Environmental Design Archives at the University ing various dimensions of Halprin’s work and practice of California, Berkeley shortly after his passing in 2009, the editors decided Anna Halprin Archives, Museum of Performance and to devote a special double issue of Landscape Journal Design Archives, San Francisco to the infl uence of Halprin on landscape architecture. The National Archives The issue examines not only the Halprin offi ce’s built Wright Water Engineers Archive projects, but also the infl uence of his writings and con- Princeton Architectural Press tributions to the processes by which landscape archi- MIT Press tecture has been practiced from the 1960s forward. George Braziller, Inc. To guide the conceptualization and production of the issue, we asked John Beardsley and Judith Was- In addition, many individuals contributed invaluable serman to serve as guest editors. Beardsley, Adjunct material to the issue’s production, including Anna Professor in the Harvard Graduate School of Design Halprin for her personal photographs; John Kokoska Department of Landscape Architecture and Director of Photography, and authors Marc Treib, Shlomo Aron- Garden and Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, is son, Judith Wasserman, Iain M. Robertson, Reuben M. a scholar of the contemporary landscape and author of Rainey, Laurie Olin, Kenneth I. Helphand for sharing several important books on art and landscape. Wasser- personal photographs, documents, and drawings. man is Associate Professor in the College of Environ- ment and Design at the University of Georgia and a LN DP VD scholar of Anna Halprin’s work and of her infl uence on her husband’s design approach and practice. The publication was facilitated by a one-day collo- quium at Dumbarton Oaks in December 2010 orga- nized by John Beardsley and the Dumbarton Oaks staff . Over the course of a day authors presented their work-in-progress to each other and to a group of invited guests, and received substantial commentary from the group and from the issue’s editors. Landscape Journal 31:1–2 ISSN 0277-2426 © 2012 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Landscape Journal: design, planning, and management of the land University of Wisconsin Press

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ABOUT THIS ISSUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In the early 1960s Lawrence Halprin jumped the gar- Several institutions contributed essential resources to den wall and found nature and the city. From that time the special issue, including: until the closure of his offi ce in 2009, Halprin rein- vented the scope, expanded the scale, and redefi ned Lawrence Halprin Collection, The Architectural the practice of landscape architecture. Archives at the University of Pennsylvania Having received manuscript submissions explor- The Environmental Design Archives at the University ing various dimensions of Halprin’s work and practice of California, Berkeley shortly after his passing in 2009, the editors decided Anna Halprin Archives, Museum of Performance and to devote a special double issue of Landscape Journal Design Archives, San Francisco to the infl uence of Halprin on landscape architecture. The National Archives The issue examines not only the Halprin offi ce’s built Wright Water Engineers Archive projects, but also the infl uence of his writings and con- Princeton Architectural Press tributions to the processes by which landscape archi- MIT Press tecture has been practiced from the 1960s forward. George Braziller, Inc. To guide the conceptualization and production of the issue, we asked John Beardsley and Judith Was- In addition, many individuals contributed invaluable serman to serve as guest editors. Beardsley, Adjunct material to the issue’s production, including Anna Professor in the Harvard Graduate School of Design Halprin for her personal photographs; John Kokoska Department of Landscape Architecture and Director of Photography, and authors Marc Treib, Shlomo Aron- Garden and Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, is son, Judith Wasserman, Iain M. Robertson, Reuben M. a scholar of the contemporary landscape and author of Rainey, Laurie Olin, Kenneth I. Helphand for sharing several important books on art and landscape. Wasser- personal photographs, documents, and drawings. man is Associate Professor in the College of Environ- ment and Design at the University of Georgia and a LN DP VD scholar of Anna Halprin’s work and of her infl uence on her husband’s design approach and practice. The publication was facilitated by a one-day collo- quium at Dumbarton Oaks in December 2010 orga- nized by John Beardsley and the Dumbarton Oaks staff . Over the course of a day authors presented their work-in-progress to each other and to a group of invited guests, and received substantial commentary from the group and from the issue’s editors. Landscape Journal 31:1–2 ISSN 0277-2426 © 2012 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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