The Richardson Olmsted Campus represents an architectural and scientific feat in the Buffalo landscape. Designed by architect ...

Frederick Law Olmsted, United States’ foremost landscape architect of the 19th century, was born April 26, 1822. Olmsted studied engineering and scientific farming, eventually putting his agricultural ...

While studying landscape architecture at the University of Michigan in the 1980s, Thomas Herrera-Mishler grew to admire Frederick Law Olmsted, the iconic designer of urban parks. Herrera-Mishler ...

Franklin Park is Boston’s largest open greenspace, featuring 485 acres of trails, playing fields, historical landmarks and ...

Landscape architecture didn’t exist in the U.S. before Olmsted began applying principles of horticulture, architecture, engineering, land management, forestry, fine arts and even psychology to create ...

Emily Olmsted ’14 may not be a direct descendant of Frederick Law Olmsted, but she carries at least a trace of his lineage, and her family has always considered the “father of landscape architecture” ...

Like Walt Disney, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted wanted to create new places and control everything in them, his biographer said here Wednesday evening. "It would be wonderful to take ...

Some people refer to Frederick Law Olmsted as the father of American landscape architecture, and while that’s OK with Justin Martin, the moniker doesn’t begin to tell you the whole story. “I guess ...