The Herb Schaal Oral History and Lecture, 2007, contains recordings and transcripts of remarks from Schaal. Schaal gave the oral history interview at his ranch in Colorado as part of an EDAW project to capture the firm's history, and he delivered the lecture to a gathering of EDAW employees. Schaal reflected on his experiences in ...
MoreThe Herb Schaal Oral History and Lecture, 2007, contains recordings and transcripts of remarks from Schaal. Schaal gave the oral history interview at his ranch in Colorado as part of an EDAW project to capture the firm's history, and he delivered the lecture to a gathering of EDAW employees. Schaal reflected on his experiences in landscape architecture; his devotion to the field's basic agenda of art, society and ecology; his approach to design and form-making; his observations about the evolution of EDAW and how that relates to the history and evolution of landscape architecture; and his thoughts on firm culture. Herb Schaal, a native of the Bay area in California, is founding principal of the Fort Collins office of EDAW, now AECOM. Schaal received his Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from Cal Poly Pomona and his Master of Landscape Architecture from State University of New York at Syracuse. He worked in North Carolina and at NC State's Department of Landscape Architecture for Richard Moore, then chair of the department and previously Schaal's professor at Cal Poly Pomona. Schaal's work has included urban design studies; site planning and design for corporate facilities and campuses; highway and corridor work; and re-vegetation of difficult sites and disturbed areas. His specialty is public gardens, including educational gardens for children and contemplative gardens for healthcare facilities. Dozens of Schaal's projects have been recognized for awards by the American Society of Landscape Architects, of which he is a Fellow.
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