Ken Smith (architect)
{{Short description|American landscape architect}}
Ken Smith (born 1953) is an internationally acclaimed American landscape architect.
Biography
Kenneth W. Smith was born in Waukee, Iowa, and attended Iowa State University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture in 1976. After graduation, he apprenticed with sculptor Paul Shao, and worked for the Iowa Conservation Commission in Parks and Recreation Planning. He attended the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and received his Master in Landscape Architecture in 1986.
After working in the office of Peter Walker and Martha Schwartz, he opened his own office, [http://kensmithworkshop.com/ Ken Smith Workshop] in New York City in 1992. Smith is active as an educator, teaching as an adjunct professor at the City College of New York from 1992 to 1996, and as a visiting design critic at the Harvard Graduate School of Design from 1997 to the present.
In 2012, Smith was honored as a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. In addition, Smith is also a board member of the Architectural League of New York and is active in advocating preservation of modern works of landscape architecture.
Smith was the recipient of the 2011 Christian Petersen Design Award presented by the Iowa State University College of Design.{{cite web|date=August 17, 2011|url= http://archive.news.iastate.edu/news/2011/aug/KenSmith|title= Internationally renowned landscape architect Ken Smith to receive Christian Petersen Design Award at ISU|publisher= Iowa State University|accessdate=August 31, 2012}} He is well known for his work on the Roof Garden of New York City's Museum of Modern Art, which consists of white gravel, recycled black rubber, crushed glass, sculptural stones and artificial boxwood plants in a camouflage pattern.{{cite news |last=Raver |first=Anne |date=11 November 2004 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/11/garden/a-rooftop-garden-with-synthetic-green.html |title=A Rooftop Garden With Synthetic Green |work=The New York Times |access-date=21 November 2024}}
Smith was a member of the THINK Team in the World Trade Center competition in 2002. Smith was awarded a major commission for Orange County Great Park, a {{convert|1300|acre|ha|adj=on}} urban park on the decommissioned El Toro Marine Base in Orange County, California.{{cite web
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Ken is responsible for the landscape architecture of the World One project in Mumbai, India.{{cite news|last=Rangachari Shah|first=Gayatri|title=Can Mumbai Cope With a New Landmark?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/greathomesanddestinations/23iht-reindia.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1387967788-UuDGGlT+FoMhPMf9By9YWA|accessdate=25 December 2013|newspaper=New York Times|date=22 July 2010}}{{cite news|last=Pavri |first=Sanaya |title=Rise of the titans |url=http://gulfnews.com/gn-focus/indian-properties/rise-of-the-titans-1.1247400 |accessdate=25 December 2013 |newspaper=Gulf News |date=27 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226113854/http://gulfnews.com/gn-focus/indian-properties/rise-of-the-titans-1.1247400 |archivedate=26 December 2013 }}{{Update inline|date=January 2025}}
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