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Martha Schwartz: Selected Bibliography

About:

Martha Schwartz, a distinguished visiting professor of landscape architecture at the City College of New York during the 2003-2004 academic year, is the principal of Martha Schwartz, Inc. a landscape firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  The firm specializes in landscape design and public art commissions.  Recent projects include the redesign of 26 Federal Plaza in New York City,  the HUD Plaza in Washington, DC, and the Swiss Re Headquarters in Munich, Germany. She is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes including a fellowship from the Urban Design Institute and several design awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects.
 

Books:

“Landscape and common culture since modernism.” in Treib, Marc, ed.  Modern landscape architecture: a critical review, 1993.   SB469.23 .M64 1993.

Martha Schwartz:  transfiguration of the commonplace, 1997.   On Reserve.

“Rio Shopping Center, Atlanta, Georgia / Martha Schwartz (Office of Peter Walker/Martha Schwartz)” in Sutherland, Lyall.  Designing the new landscape, 1991.  On Reserve.

Schwartz, Martha. The Vanguard landscapes and gardens of Martha Schwartz. Edited by Tim Richardson.Thames & Hudson, 2004. On Reserve

Articles:  (Selected from 1992 to 2004)

“Faculty project: Noorderpark, Antwerp, Belgium, by Martha Scwartz, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts.” Harvard design magazine 2003-2004 Fall-Winter, n.19, p.112-113.

“Slouching toward Minneapolis: the Minneapolis Federal Courthouse Plaza - meaning and identity.”  Heidi Hohmann.  Landscape architecture 2003 Jan., v.93, n.1, p.132, 130-131.

“The search for a cure: addressing the epidemic of airport sprawl in Denver.” Jessica Sommers. Competitions 2002-2003 Winter, v.12, n.4, p.24-31.

“Main Entrance Plaza [Disneyland Resort].”  Land forum 2002, n.12, p.[72]-[75].

“Constellation of pieces [housing complex, Kitagara, Japan].”  Marc Treib. Landscape architecture 2002 Mar., v.92, n.3, p.[58]-67, 92.

“Kitagata garden city: communal gardens, social housing, Kitagata, Japan.” Phoebe Chow. Architectural review 2001 Apr., v.209, n.1250, p.38-43.

“Disillusioned in D.C.: I was dazzled by the virtual HUD plaza - then I saw the real thing.” Lawrence Porter.  Landscape architecture 2001 July, v.91, n.7, p.132, 131

A well-bleached solution: how backroom decisions usurped an open public process - and drained the life from a scheme resplendent with color."  Landscape architecture 2001 July, v.91, n.7, p.28,30,32,34-35.

“Without bells and whistles: in England, Manchester Park's [sic.] Exchange Square sparks a heated debate about design as a reflection of history and culture.”  Brenda Brown.  Landscape architecture 2001 Feb., v.91, n.2, p.[68]-[75],92-96.

“The content of landscape form [the limits of formalism].”   Marc Treib.  Landscape journal 2001, v.20, n.1, p.119-140.

“Dance of the drumlins: [Martha Schwartz, Minneapolis].”  Paul Bennett. Landscape architecture 1999 Aug., v.89, n.8, p.[60]-67, 90.

“An unconventional artist [interview].”  Chris Young. Landscape design 1999 Mar., n.278, p.51-52.
  Notes:Interview with American landscape architect, Martha Schwartz.

“Martha Schwartz: transfiguration of the commonplace, edited by Heidi Landecker [and] Walter Hood: urban diaries, edited by Leah Levy [book review]” Catherine Howett.  Landscape journal 1999 Spring, v.18, n.1, p.105-106.

“Rus in urbe: urban squares, Washington DC and Minneapolis, USA.”  Catherine Slessor. Architectural review 1999 July, v.206, n.1229, p.80-[83].

“Self portrait.”  Jane Brown Gillette.  Landscape architecture 1997 Feb., v.87, n.2, p.[70]-75,88-92.

“Project in renga form: the game of individual expressions.”  Arata Isozaki. Lotus international 1992, n.71, p.41-75.

 

Web Sites:
 

Martha Schwartz, Inc.www.marthaschwartz.com/

GSD Harvard Faculty Profile: www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/faculty/schwartz/index.html
Find her curriculum vitae, projects with descriptions and photos, etc.