Eckbo, Garrett

Eckbo, Garrett
▪ 2001

      American landscape architect (b. Nov. 28, 1910, Cooperstown, N.Y.—d. May 15, 2000, Oakland, Calif.), was a pioneer of modern landscape architecture. Eckbo was best known for his innovative designs for public settings, which often incorporated asymmetrical gardens and abstract sculptures. Educated at the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University, he designed houses for the Farm Security Administration in the 1940s. After World War II he helped found EDAW, Inc., a landscape design firm. Among Eckbo's prominent works were the Alcoa Forecast Garden in Los Angeles and the Ladera residential community near Palo Alto, Calif. He served as chairman of the landscape department at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1963 to 1969. He also wrote a number of influential books, including Landscape for Living (1950) and The Art of Home Landscaping (1956). Eckbo's last book, People in a Landscape, appeared in 1998.

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