Peter
Walker
/Peter
Walker
and Partners Collection 2018-03
/Peter
Walker
and Partners Collection
Walker
, Peter, 1932-
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.
Walker
/Peter
Walker
and Partners Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Walker
and Jane B. Gillette.
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.
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.
walker
Peter
Walker
, The Cultural Landscape Foundation website, https://tclf.org/pioneer/peter-
walker
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
SERIES I. PROJECT RECORDS 1971-2010
Digital Images 1992-1996
Drawings 1999-2002
Digital Images 1999-2002
Drawings n.d.
Drawings single
Drawings 2006
Digital Images 2006
Drawings n.d.
Drawings 1999
Drawings 1996-2002
Digital Images 1996-2002
Drawings 2004
Digital Images 2004
Drawings 1997-1998
Drawings 1992
Drawings 1971
Drawings 1983
Drawings 1984-1986
Digital Images 1984-1986
Drawings 1989-1991
Digital Images 1989-1991
Drawings 1993-1994
Digital Images 1993-1994
Drawings 1997-2004
Digital Images 1997-2004
Drawings 1990
Digital Images 1986-1991
Digital Images 1986-1991
Digital Images 1986-1991
Drawings 1988
Digital Images 1986-1991
Drawings 1986-1991
Digital Images 1986-1991
Drawings 1995-1997
Digital Images 1995-1997
Drawings 1996-2006
Digital Images 1996-2006
Drawings 1997-1998
Digital Images 1997-1998
Drawings 1999-2003
Digital Images 1999-2003
Digital Images 1990-1993
Drawings 1989-1993
Digital Images 1989-1993
Drawings 1991-1993
Digital Images 1991-1993
Drawings 2001-2004
Digital Images 2001-2004
Drawings 1996-2006
Digital Images 1996-2006
Drawings 1999-2002
Digital Images 1999-2002
Drawings 1993-1996
Digital Images 1993-1996
Drawings 1996-2000
Digital Images 1996-2000
Drawings 1990-1994
Digital Images 1990-1994
Drawings 1989-1991
Digital Images 1989-1991
Drawings 1996-1999
Digital Images 1996-1999
Drawings 2004-2007
Digital Images 2004-2007
Drawings 2003
Drawings 2000-2001
Digital Images 2000-2001
Drawings 1989-1991
Digital Images 1989-1991
Drawings 2006
Digital Images 2006
Drawings 1995-1996
Digital Images 1995-1996
Drawings 1998-2003
Digital Images 1998-2003
Drawings 2000-2003
Digital Images 2000-2003
Drawings 2000
Drawings 1994-2000
Digital Images 1994-2000
Drawings 1990-1993
Digital Images 1990-1993
Drawings 1992-1995
Digital Images 1992-1995
University of California: San Diego, Library Walk (San Diego, CA) 1990-1995
Digital Images 1990-1995
Drawings 2007-2010
Digital Images 2007-2010
Drawings 2003-2006
Digital Images 2003-2006
Drawings 2001-2007
Digital Images 2001-2007