Daniel Urban Kiley (1912–2004) was an American landscape architect, regarded as one of the leading modernists in the field. Trained under Warren H. Manning and at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, he collaborated with figures like Louis Kahn and Eero Saarinen. Kiley designed over a thousand landscapes, including the Gateway Arch grounds in St. Louis and works that married geometry with modern architecture. His practice combined formal order with subtle attention to planting and experience. Kiley remains a central figure in defining modern landscape architecture in the United States.
Charles Birnbaum is the CEO and founder of TCLF—The Cultural Landscape Foundation. In his work, he is a fearless advocate and activist for significant American landscape architecture sites. He was honored as a 2020 LILA Honour Award Winner for initiating and developing TCLF for over 25 years with an “innovative vision, executed with great precision, […]
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