Join us for a special evening with Thomas L. Woltz, Senior Principal of Nelson Byrd Woltz, one of the most in-demand and respected firms working in landscape architecture today.
Woltz will share from the firm’s new monograph, The Land is Full, a celebration of 12 projects that illustrate the power of design to create vital public realms at the heart of communities, and to reveal and integrate ecological and cultural histories into meaningful public experiences.
Included amongst these projects are exceptionally sensitive sites across the United States, including those that hold the vital histories of enslaved peoples, the rich cultures of indigenous peoples, and the natural habitats that have been threatened by infrastructure and construction.
Woltz will speak to his personal experience with these projects and more, articulating the central role of landscape architecture in reshaping public space to meet challenges of ecological and social resilience.
This lecture will be followed by a book signing and opportunity to meet the author. Copies of The Land is Full will be available for purchase.
Location
The Visitor Center Auditorium
Instructor
Thomas L. Woltz
Senior Principal of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects Thomas L. Woltz leads his firm in the artful creation and revitalization of public landscapes. Working at the intersection of culture and ecology for the sustainability of the public realm, Woltz has led the expansion of NBW to include scientists and historians as integral contributors to the design of projects ranging from restoration ecology in large urban parks to post-industrial sites and educational campuses. Through this collaborative and cross-disciplinary approach, NBW’s designs reveal lost or erased histories in the landscape. The work of NBW now stretches across thirty states and twelve countries.
Woltz was educated at the University of Virginia and holds Master’s degrees in landscape architecture and architecture as well as an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the State University of New York, Environmental Science and Forestry, in Syracuse. In 2011, Woltz was invested into the American Society of Landscape Architects Council of Fellows, among the highest honors achieved in the profession and was named the Design Innovator of the Year by the Wall Street Journal Magazine. He was also recognized as one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company and with the Land for People Award by the Trust for Public Land. Woltz currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Cultural Landscape Foundation.
