Dick Bell Exhibit at the College of Design Features Materials from Special Collections

The Special Collections Research Center recently provided scanned images of Dick Bell's work for the Landscape Architecture Department at the College of Design as they put together an exhibit  featuring Richard "Dick" Bell's work. The Richard C. Bell Drawings and Other Materials was acquired by Special Collections in 2007 . Dick Bell received his degree in landscape architecture from NCSU's College of Design (then, the School of Design) in 1950. He became a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects  (ASLA) in 1954 and was elected as a Fellow of the organization in 1980. In 1955, Bell founded his first firm in Raleigh, N.C., and for many years operated the business from its award-winning office space, the Water Garden Office Park. Bell retired in 2007.

The Special Collections Research Center also conducted an oral history of Dick Bell . Also of related interest is the Lewis Clarke Oral Histories Collection, 2008-2012 , which includes 30 interviews with a cross section of students who attended the NCSU School (now College) of Design between 1950 and 1980 in architecture and landscape architecture.

This exhibit at Design, "Passion of the Practice" honors Bell for earning the 2014 ASLA Medal. Bell will be at the College of Design at 6 p.m. on March 18 to receive his award.