Landscape Architect Kate Orff and Urbanist Damon Rich Awarded 2017 MacArthur "Genius" Grants
The MacArthur Foundation has announced the 24 recipients of their 2017 MacArthur Fellowships Grants (sometimes referred to as ?Genius? Grants), and for the first time since 2011, the list includes individuals from architectural fields: urban planner and designer Damon Rich and landscape architect Kate Orff.
The MacArthur Foundation has announced the 24 recipients of their 2017 MacArthur Fellowships Grants (sometimes referred to as ?Genius? Grants), and for the first time since 2011, the list includes individuals from architectural fields: urban planner and designer Damon Rich and landscape architect Kate Orff.Established in 1981, the grants are awarded annually ?to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations.? This year?s fellowships come with a $625,000, no-strings-attached stipend for individual pursuits.
Founding principal of landscape architecture practice SCAPE, Kate Orff has dedicated special attention toward addressing the challenges associated with urbanization and climate change, including rising sea levels, pollution and biodiversity loss. Together with her firm, Orff has developed master plans for cities and districts across the country using innovative, pedestrian-friendly schemes, such as in SCAPE?s 2014 Buckminster Fuller Challenge-winning climate change adaptation plan. Recently, the firm was chosen as a lead exhibitor for the US Pavili...
The MacArthur Foundation has announced the 24 recipients of their 2017 MacArthur Fellowships Grants (sometimes referred to as ?Genius? Grants), and for the first time since 2011, the list includes individuals from architectural fields: urban planner and designer Damon Rich and landscape architect Kate Orff.Established in 1981, the grants are awarded annually ?to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations.? This year?s fellowships come with a $625,000, no-strings-attached stipend for individual pursuits.
Founding principal of landscape architecture practice SCAPE, Kate Orff has dedicated special attention toward addressing the challenges associated with urbanization and climate change, including rising sea levels, pollution and biodiversity loss. Together with her firm, Orff has developed master plans for cities and districts across the country using innovative, pedestrian-friendly schemes, such as in SCAPE?s 2014 Buckminster Fuller Challenge-winning climate change adaptation plan. Recently, the firm was chosen as a lead exhibitor for the US Pavili...
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