Peter Walker (born 1932 in Pasadena, California, U.S.) is an American landscape architect and the founder of PWP Landscape Architecture.

Early life and education WalkerThe Cultural Landscape Foundation, The Cultural Landscape Foundation.ASLA- The Dirt, ASLA- The Dirt Bio. grew up in California, where he attended the University of California, Berkeley. Walker started out studying journalism but quickly changed his field and received a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture in 1955. He did graduate studies at the University of Illinois, where he studied under Stanley White."Stanley White Papers, 1925-1977 | University of Illinois Archives." Stanley White Papers, 1925-1977 | University of Illinois Archives. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Feb. 2015.

Walker attended the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he received his master's degree in Landscape Architecture in 1957 and won the school's Jacob Weidenmann Prize"The Cultural Landscape Foundation." Jacob Weidenmann. The Cultural Landscape Foundation, n.d. Web. 09 Feb. 2015.Weidenman Prize Prize Description that year.

Career At Harvard University, Walker had been deeply influenced by his professor, Hideo Sasaki. After graduating, he worked for Sasaki. Shortly thereafter, they both went into partnership to form Sasaki Walker Associates in 1957. Walker and Sasaki went their separate ways in 1983, and Walker entered a partnership with his then wife, landscape architect Martha Schwartz.Mozingo, Pastoral Capitalism, Notes p. 255

In the early 1990s, Walker formed Peter Walker and Partners. In a 1993 review, Walker was one of four landscape architects named as representative of the new generation.Treib, Modern Landscape Architecture: A Critical Review, page viii The company developed into an interdisciplinary firm that employs around thirty to forty landscape architects. The company has received many awards and co-designed the World Trade Center Memorial in New York with architect Michael Arad."9/11 memorial by Michael Arad and Peter Walker", dezeen Magazine, August 22, 2011.

Walker designed the garden for the Nasher Sculpture Center. In 2013 he was involved in a public argument with the architect of a neighboring building, Museum Tower, because the glare from the glass was damaging the vegetation. Walker described it as "public desecration".

Peter Walker is also a co-author of Invisible Gardens, which touches on the modernist movement in the United States and the comparison of other landscapes to those in Europe. The book discusses influential landscape architects, including Sasaki.

Awards 2004 - The ASLA Medal,The ASLA Medal 2004: Peter E. Walker, FASLA, ASLA.org the highest medal of the American Society of Landscape Architects. 2004 - ASLA Honor Award: Design, Nasher Sculpture Center"ASLA.org." © ASLA.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015. 2005 - The Geoffrey Jellicoe Gold Medal"Landscape Awards." Landscape Awards. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015. from the International Federation of Landscape Architects."2005 SGJA · IFLA World." 2005 SGJA · IFLA World. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015. 2008 - The ASLA Landmark Award for Tanner Fountain at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts"ASLA 2008 Professional Awards." ASLA 2008 Professional Awards. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015. 2010 - Knight Management Center: Stanford GSB awarded Green Project of the Year by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal"New Home of Stanford GSB Honored for Sustainability." Stanford Graduate School of Business. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015. 2012 - The J.C. Nichols Prize Winner for Visionaries in Urban Development from the Urban Land Institute2012 Nichols Prize Winner, Peter Walker wins 2012 ULI J.C. Nicols Prize. 2012 - Peter Walker & PWP Landscape Architecture awarded the Liberty Award by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council."Lower Manhattan Cultural Council." Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015. 2012 - The ASLA Medal Recipient."2012 ASLA Design Medal Recipient | Asla.org." 2012 ASLA Design Medal Recipient | Asla.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015. 2014 - The James Daniel Bybee Prize Recipient."Frasca-1.jpg." Building Stone Institute RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015.

Notable projects

Australia Barangaroo Headlands Park in Sydney, New South Wales Millennium Parklands in Sydney

Europe Novartis Headquarters in Basel, Switzerland The Sony Center in Berlin, Germany Munich Airport - Hotel Kempinski in Munich, Germany

United States National September 11 Memorial in New York, New York Transbay Terminal in San Francisco, California Jamison Square in Portland, Oregon Pixar Headquarters in Emeryville, California Constitution Gardens in Washington, D.C. (won competition for partial redesign in 2012)"Winners announced for the National Mall Redesign Competition", Archdaily, May 3, 2012. Glenstone in Potomac, Maryland Newport Beach Civic Center and Park in Newport Beach, California University of Texas at Dallas Campus in Richardson, Texas

Asia Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore Marina Bay Sands in Singapore Ciudad de Victoria in Bocaue, Philippines

Publications

Books Walker, Peter, and Leah Levy. Peter Walker: Minimalist Gardens. Washington, DC: Spacemaker, 1997. Print.Horsley, Carter B. "Books: Minimalist Gardens by Peter Walker." Books: Minimalist Gardens by Peter Walker. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015. Invisible Gardens: The Search for Modernism in the American Landscape. Walker, Peter, and Melanie Simo. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT-Press, 1998. Print.Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT-Press, 1998."Invisible Gardens." Goodreads. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015. Peter Walker and Partners: Defining the Craft. Walker, Peter. San Rafael, CA: ORO Editions, 2005. Print."Peter Walker Partners." Goodreads. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015., Peter Walker and Partners: Defining the Craft.

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External links Official site