Kathryn Gustafson Explained

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Kathryn Gustafson (born 1951) is an American landscape architect. Her work includes the Gardens of the Imagination in Terrasson, France; a city square in Évry, France; and the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, London. She has won awards and prizes including the Millennium Garden Design Competition. She is known for her ability to create sculptural forms, using earth, grass, stone and water.[1]

Early life

Gustafson was born and grew up in Yakima, Washington in 1951, her father was a general surgeon.[2] The basis of her designs comes from her memories of past settings. The region around Yakima is a desert-like plateau surrounded by mountains. At the age of 18, Gustafson attended the University of Washington in Seattle, where she studied applied arts for about a year. She then moved to New York City to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology. After graduating from the Fashion Institute, Gustafson moved to Paris to be a fashion designer. Gustafson turned to landscape design. She was educated at the Ecole Nationale Superieure du Paysage in Versailles, where she graduated in 1979.

Design work

Gustafson’s work is predominantly civic, institutional, and corporate, including parks, gardens and community spaces. Her award-winning projects include Westergasfabriek Culture Park in Amsterdam, Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in London, Bay East and Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. Recent projects include Valencia Parque Central, the Novartis Campus in Basel and Marina One in Singapore.

She has become known for her creations of sculptural forms. Her work has been compared with the designs of landscape architect Isamu Noguchi.

Gustafson is slated to recreate the area around the Eiffel Tower for the Olympic games in 2024. The total cost of the overhaul would be 72€ million which would be funded by revenue.[3]

Firms

Gustafson Guthrie Nichol was established in Seattle and founded by Gustafson, Jennifer Guthrie, and Shannon Nichol.

Gustafson Porter + Bowman, founded by Gustafson and Neil Porter in 1997, is situated in London. The firm has international projects in the UK, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

Notable works

Selected awards

  1. Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture (2012)[6] [7]
  2. American Society of Landscape Architects Design Medal (2008)[8]
  3. Royal Designer for Industry U.K (RDI: 2005)[9] (RDI: 2001)[10]
  4. Remarkable Garden (2004)[11]
  5. Chrysler Design Award (2001)[12]
  6. Honorary Fellow RIBA (1999)[13]
  7. Jane Drew Prize (1998)[14]
  8. National Design Award in Landscape Architecture, Cooper-Hewitt (2011)
  9. EU Prize for Cultural Heritage in Conservation (2010)
  10. International Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum (2007 and 2009)
  11. AIA/UK Excellence in Design Award (2008)
  12. Medalist, French Academy of Architecture (1993)

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Hales . Linda . Landscape Architect Kathryn Gustafson, Going With the Flow . The Washington Post . June 25, 2005 . 2013-12-20.
  2. Web site: Watts. Michael. THE SKY IS MINE. moreintelligentlife.co.uk/. 10 June 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140514092054/http://moreintelligentlife.co.uk/content/ideas/sky-mine?page=full. 14 May 2014.
  3. Web site: Island landscape architect will remake heart of Paris. Rowley. Paul. 2019-07-03. Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber. en-US. 2020-03-11.
  4. News: Raver . Anne . NATURE; Softening a City With Grit and Grass . The New York Times . July 15, 2004 . 2013-12-20.
  5. Web site: University of Michigan Museum of Art. 2021-03-30. Allied Works.
  6. Web site: Mckee. Brad. GUSTAFSON WINS THE BRUNNER. landscapearchitecturemagazine.org. 10 June 2014.
  7. Web site: Awards – American Academy of Arts and Letters . 2024-03-01 . artsandletters.org.
  8. Web site: ASLA 2008 Honors. www.asla.org/. 10 June 2014.
  9. Web site: Current Honorary Royal Designers. www.thersa.org/. 10 June 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714134617/http://www.thersa.org/action-research-centre/enterprise-and-design/design/rdi/current-honorary-royal-designers. 14 July 2014.
  10. Web site: Gustafson, Kathryn – BWAF Dynamic National Archive. 2021-03-30. dna.bwaf.org.
  11. Web site: Remarkable gardens. www.jardins-imaginaire.com/. 10 June 2014.
  12. Web site: Chrysler Design Awards. www.chrysler.com/. 10 June 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130527141515/http://www.chrysler.com/design/design_influences/design_awards/awards_index.html. 27 May 2013.
  13. Web site: RIBA Honorary Fellows. www.architecture.com/. 10 June 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151210191137/https://www.architecture.com/Files/RIBATrust/Awards/RIBAHonoraryFellowship/2009/Existing%20Honorary%20Fellows.pdf. 10 December 2015.
  14. News: In brief: Jane Drew prize goes to Gustafson . Architects' Journal . 11 June 1998 . 12 January 2014.

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