
When we asked ASLA’s Professional Practice Network (PPN) members whose work (an individual landscape architect or a firm) they most admire in a 2015 survey, one response basically sums up the results: “too many to list.” Another member emphasized how their answer is constantly changing: “Today…Andrea Cochran…tomorrow MVVA…depends what I’m working on and how I feel!” Clearly, there are many landscape architects out there doing exceptional work, and highlighted below are both some familiar names and hopefully a few new ones to check out when you need a new source of inspiration.
Here are the most admired landscape architects, designers, and firms, each coming up four times or more:
- Laurie Olin, FASLA – OLIN
- Michael Van Valkenburgh, FASLA – Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
- Douglas Reed, FASLA, and Gary Hilderbrand, FASLA – Reed Hilderbrand
- Christine Ten Eyck, FASLA – Ten Eyck Landscape Architects
- Piet Oudolf
- Frederick Law Olmsted
- Dan Kiley
- Nelson Byrd Woltz
- Oehme, Van Sweden
- Peter Walker, FASLA – PWP Landscape Architecture
- James Corner, ASLA – James Corner Field Operations
- Thomas Church