Background
McHarg, Ian Lennox was born on November 20, 1920 in Clydebank, Scotland. Arrived in the United States, 1946, naturalized, 1960. Son of John Lennox and Harriet (Bain) McHarg.
( Ian L. McHarg's landmark book Design with Nature change...)
Ian L. McHarg's landmark book Design with Nature changed the face of landscape architecture and planning by promoting the idea that the design of human settlements should be based on ecological principles. McHarg was one of the earliest and most influential proponents of the notion that an understanding of the processes that form landscapes should underlie design decisions. In To Heal the Earth, McHarg has joined with Frederick Steiner, a noted scholar of landscape architecture and planning, to bring forth a valuable cache of his writings produced between the 1950s and the 1990s. McHarg and Steiner have each provided original material that links the writings together, and places them within the historical context of planning design work and within the larger field of ecological planning as practiced today. The book moves from the theoretical-beginning with the 1962 essay "Man and Environment" which sets forth the themes of religion, science, and creativity that emerge and reappear throughout McHarg's work-to the practical, including discussions of methods and techniques for ecological planning as well as case studies. Other sections address the link between ecology and design, and the issue of ecological planning at a regional scale, covering topics such as education and training necessary to develop the field of ecological planning, how to organize and arrange biophysical information to reveal landscape patterns, the importance of incorporating social factors into ecological planning, and more. To Heal the Earth provides a larger framework and a new perspective on McHarg's work that brings to light the growth and development of his key ideas over a forty year period. It is an important contribution to the literature, and will be essential reading for students and scholars of ecological planning, as well as for professional planners and landscape architects.
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educator regional planner Landscape architect
McHarg, Ian Lennox was born on November 20, 1920 in Clydebank, Scotland. Arrived in the United States, 1946, naturalized, 1960. Son of John Lennox and Harriet (Bain) McHarg.
Bachelor Landscape Architecture, Harvard University, 1949. Master Landscape Architecture, Harvard University, 1950. Master City Planning, Harvard University, 1951.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Amherst College, 1970. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Bates College, 1978. HHD (honorary), Lewis and Clark College, 1970.
DL (honorary), Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. Degree (honorary), College of the Atlantic, 1998.
Planner Department Health, Scotland, 1950—1954. Professor department landscape architecture and regional planning University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1954—1986, emeritus, 1986—2001. Distinguished science lecturer Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1968.
Horace Albright Memorial lecturer University California, Berkeley, 1969, senior visiting professor, 1986—1987. Danz lecturer University Washington, Seattle, 1971. Brown and Haley lecturer University Puget Sound, 1971.
Foundation professor University Auckland, 1986. Visiting professor Pennsylvania State University, 1994, Harvard University, 1994. Bruce Goff professor architecture Oklahoma University, 1994.
("Show me any civilization that believes that reality exis...)
( Ian L. McHarg's landmark book Design with Nature change...)
( Ian L. McHarg's landmark book Design with Nature change...)
Fellow: Royal Institute British Architects, Institute Landscape Architects, American Society Landscape Architects (Bradford Williams medal 1968, 1976, American Society of Landscape Architects medal 1984), Royal Society Art. Member: American Institute of Certified Planners (Pioneer award 1997, ESRI Living Legend award 1997, Japan prize in city planning 2000), National Academy of Sciences (committee on science in national parks 1991-1992), American Institute of Architects (honorary Allied Professions medal 1972).
Married Pauline Crenna de Iongh, August 30, 1947 (deceased 1974). Children: Alistair Craig, Malcolm Lennox. Married Carol Ann Smyser, May 28, 1977.
Children: Ian William, Andrew Maxwell.