The Cultural Landscape Foundation

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The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Formation1998
FounderCharles A. Birnbaum
PurposeConnecting people to places
Headquarters Washington, D. C.
Region served
United States
President
Charles A. Birnbaum
Website www.tclf.org

The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1998 by Charles A. Birnbaum [1] with a mission of “connecting people to places.”

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Mission

TCLF educates and engages the public to study landscapes and better understand the individuals who created them. Its website provides a search portal to a database of hundreds of pioneers of American landscape design and their built works. TCLF's catalogue of entries ranges from profiles of 19th century icons like Frederick Law Olmsted to modernist masters like Dan Kiley. As an advocate for threatened landscapes, the organization has also stopped the destruction of over 50 important gardens and landmark parks through its highly publicized annual Landslides list. [2] Its goal is achieved through outreach and education including tours and photo exhibits about "What's Out There."

History

Charles Birnbaum began his career with 15 years as the coordinator of the National Park Service Historic Landscaping Initiative (HLI) and then 10 years focusing on landscape preservation and urban design through a private practice [3] Birnbaum started The Cultural Landscape and Design Foundation (TCLF) while he was working at the National Park Service [4] and later in 2008 became the President and CEO of the TCLF [3]

Over the course of its life the TCLF has created several publications and awards available to those involved in landscape design . Publications include “What’s Out There”, “Pioneers of American Landscape Design”, and “Landslide [5] . Their main award is the biennial “The Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize” [5] . Awards also include the “Stewardship Excellence Award” and fellowships like the “ Sally Boasberg Founder’s Fellowship”, and  “Danette Gentile Kauffman Cultural Landscape Fellowship” [6] .

“What’s Out There” is an online database that can be searched by content, landscape, style, and region. Entries can be identified as “At-Risk”, “Saved”, or “Lost” based on the current state of the area. This database then led to the creation of the “What’s Out There Cultural Landscapes Guides”. These guides were created in partnership with the National Park Services’ Northeast Regional Office in 2016 to celebrate its 100th anniversary. In 2019 these guides were given an honorary award by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in the Communications category. [7]

TCLF launched the Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize in 2021, which includes a $100,000 award and two years of public engagement activities. [8] [9] [10] Its first recipient was Julie Bargmann. [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ Shattuck, Kathryn (November 21, 2008). "Saving That Landscape, in Pictures at Least". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Charles A. Birnbaum". Harvard Graduate School of Design. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  4. ↑ Birnbaum, Charles (2014). "The Cultural Landscape Foundation: stewardship through education". Australian Garden History. 26 (2): 8–10. ISSN   1033-3673.
  5. 1 2 "About TCLF | TCLF". www.tclf.org. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Seeking Best and Brightest for 2024 Fellowships | TCLF". www.tclf.org. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  7. ↑ "What's Out There Cultural Landscapes Guides | 2019 ASLA Professional Awards". www.asla.org. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  8. ↑ Kelly, Shannon. "Anne Spencer garden featured by the Cultural Landscape Foundation in preservation effort". The News & Advance. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  9. ↑ Ulaby, Neda (October 14, 2021). "She reclaims toxic waste dumps, and she just won a major landscape architecture award". NPR. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  10. ↑ Brown, Patricia Leigh (October 2, 2019). "Landscape Prize Honors Cornelia Hahn Oberlander". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved February 1, 2024.
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