Difference between revisions of "Hargreaves Associates"
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| − | '''Hargreaves Associates''' is the landscape architectural firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm planned the grounds surrounding the [[Clinton Presidential Center]]. The senior principal of Hargreaves Associates is | + | '''Hargreaves Associates''' is the landscape architectural firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm planned the grounds surrounding the [[Clinton Presidential Center]]. The senior principal of Hargreaves Associates is [[George Hargreaves]]. |
| − | Hargreaves' firm | + | Hargreaves' firm redesigned twenty-eight acres of reclaimed brownfield at the Clinton Library site. Hargreaves created gigantic grassy polygonal mounds between the Library and the I-30 overpass, determined the alignment of streets and sidewalks on the site, built terraces outside the archival complex, and also made plans for the [[contemplative grove]] and [[Scholars' Garden]]. |
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Benjamin Forgey, "Clinton Library Builds Bridges: Complex Connects and Transforms a Little Rock Wasteland," ''Washington Post,'' November 27, 2004. | Benjamin Forgey, "Clinton Library Builds Bridges: Complex Connects and Transforms a Little Rock Wasteland," ''Washington Post,'' November 27, 2004. | ||
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Revision as of 10:34, 16 February 2008
Hargreaves Associates is the landscape architectural firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm planned the grounds surrounding the Clinton Presidential Center. The senior principal of Hargreaves Associates is George Hargreaves.
Hargreaves' firm redesigned twenty-eight acres of reclaimed brownfield at the Clinton Library site. Hargreaves created gigantic grassy polygonal mounds between the Library and the I-30 overpass, determined the alignment of streets and sidewalks on the site, built terraces outside the archival complex, and also made plans for the contemplative grove and Scholars' Garden.
References
Julia Czerniak and George Hargreaves, eds., Large Parks (New York, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007).
Benjamin Forgey, "Clinton Library Builds Bridges: Complex Connects and Transforms a Little Rock Wasteland," Washington Post, November 27, 2004.
