Access Statement
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Funding
Biographical Note
System of Arrangement
Scope and Contents
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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
Title: Peter Walker/Peter Walker and Partners Collection
Creator:
Walker, Peter, 1932-
Identifier/Call Number: 2018.-03
Physical Description:
36 Linear Feet:
72 tubes, 77 GB digital files
Date (inclusive): 1971-2010
Abstract: The Peter Walker/Peter Walker and Partners Collection spans the years 1971-2010 and includes files created by landscape architect
Peter Walker and his various firms. The collection consists only of project records selected for transfer to the EDA, which
document professional projects that Walker and his firm completed over the course of his career. Materials include both physical
drawings and digital photographs of completed projects, which are denoted on the Project Index. Well-documented projects include
work for the South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California (1989-2001), the Center for Advanced Science and Technology in Nishi
Harima, Japan (1989-1993), and the landscape for the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas (1999-2003). Walker's professional
projects are varied in scope and include landscapes for large corporations, universities, and cultural sites. Please note
that restricted projects on the Project Index may be used for viewing purposes in the EDA reading room only and not for reproduction.
Language of Material:
English
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Access Statement
The collection is open for research. Many of the Environmental Design Archives collections are stored offsite and advance
notice is required for use.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the
Curator.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Peter Walker/Peter Walker and Partners Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of
California, Berkeley.
Funding
Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by support from Peter Walker and Jane B. Gillette.
Biographical Note
Peter Walker was born in Pasadena, California in 1932, and received his bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture from the
University of California, Berkeley in 1955, and his masters in Landscape Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School
of Design in 1957. Following graduation, he worked for Lawrence Halprin and later for Hideo Sasaki, with whom he co-founded
the firm Sasaki, Walker, and Associates in 1957. In 1983, Walker left Sasaki, Walker and Associates and partnered with landscape
architect Martha Schwartz. He later went on to form Peter Walker and Partners (now Peter Walker and Partners Landscape Architecture)
in the early 1990s.
Walker has served as a consultant and advisor for numerous public agencies and institutions, including the Sydney 2000 Olympic
Coordination Authority, the Redevelopment Agency of San Francisco, Stanford University, the University of California, and
the American Academy in Rome. He also served as the chairman of the Landscape Architecture Department and the acting director
of the Urban Design Program at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University; and was head of the Department of Landscape
Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1997 to 1999. He has published numerous books, established Spacemaker
Press, and founded Landscape Forum journal.
The scope of Walker's work includes corporate headquarters, plazas, cultural gardens, academic campuses, and urban-regeneration
projects. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the Institute for Urban Design, and has been
granted the Honor Award of the American Institute of Architects, Harvard's Centennial Medal, the ASLA Medal, and the IFLA
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Gold Medal. He is co-designer with Michael Arad of the National September 11th Memorial.
Sources:
PWP Landscape Architecture website, http://www.pwpla.com/firm/partners/peter-walker
Peter Walker, The Cultural Landscape Foundation website, https://tclf.org/pioneer/peter-walker
System of Arrangement
The collection is organized into one series, Project Records, which is arranged alphabetically by project name.
Scope and Contents
The Peter Walker/Peter Walker and Partners Collection spans the years 1971-2010, and includes files created by landscape architect
Peter Walker and his various firms. The collection consists only of project records selected for transfer to the EDA, which
document professional projects that Walker and his firm completed over the course of his career. Materials include both physical
drawings and digital photographs of completed projects, which are denoted on the Project Index. Well-documented projects include
work for the South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California (1989-2001), the Center for Advanced Science and Technology in Nishi
Harima, Japan (1989-1993), and the landscape for the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas (1999-2003). Walker's professional
projects are varied in scope, and include landscapes for large corporations, universities, and cultural sites. Please note
that restricted projects on the Project Index may be used for viewing purposes in the EDA reading room only and not for reproduction.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Landscape architecture drawings.
Landscape architecture--California.
Landscape architecture records.
Landscape design