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Male, US, born 1916-07-01, died 2009-10-25

Associated with the firm network

Halprin, Lawrence and Associates, Landscape Architects


Professional History

Résumé

Lieutenant, Junior Grade, United States Navy, 1944-1945. He served aboard the USS. Morris that was hit by a kamikaze fighter. This explosives-laden plane collided with the Morris's left side, causing a serious fire that killed 13 crewmen and injured 45. Halprin was one of the 45 wounded. He was sent to recuperate in San Francsico, CA. The ship was subsequently sold for scrap twice, the last time in 07/1949.

Principal, Lawrence Halprin and Associates, Landscape Architects, San Francisco, CA.

Professional Actvities

Member, American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).

Halprin served on the jury of the 1963-1964 Home Awards Jury put together by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Sunset magazine. Halprin served with a distinguished cast of designers including Harris Armstrong (an architect from the Saint Louis, MO, area), Edward Larrabee Barnes, Architect of New York, Dorothy W. Liebes, a distinguished Bay Area weaver, Victor Steinbrueck, a Professor of Architecture at the University of Washington, and Calvin Straub, an architect from Southern California and teacher at USC's Architecture School, who moved to become an Architecture Professor at Arizona State University between 1961 and 1988. Proctor Mellquist, Editor of Sunset, presided on the committee.

Professional Awards

Recipient, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Medal for Allied Professions, 1964.

Fellow, American Society of Landscape Architects (FASLA), 1969.

Recipient, Institute of Interior Design, Honorary Fellowship, 1970.

Recipient, ASLA, Gold Medal, 1978.

Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY, 1978.

Recipient, AIA, Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement, 1979.

Recipient, University of Virginia (UVa), Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture, Charlottesville, CA, 1979.

Member, National Academy of Design, New York, NY, 1987.

Recipient, Cornell University, Distinguished Alumni in the Arts Award, Ithaca, NY, 1999.

Recipient, National Endowment for the Arts, National Medal of the Arts, Washington, DC, 2002.

Recipient, Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Friedrich Ludwig Von Sckell Ring of Honor, Munich, Germany, 2002.

Recipient, ASLA, Design Medal, 2003.

Recipient, Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), Michelangelo Award, 2005.

Education

High School / College

Graduate, Poly Prep Country Day School, Brooklyn, NY, 1935.

B.S., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1935-1939.

M.S. in Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1941.

B.L.A., Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, 1942.

Personal

Relocation

Lawrence Halprin was born in Brooklyn, NY, on 07/01/1916.


PCAD id: 539


NameDateCityState
1st Interstate Bank, World Center, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1988-1990Los AngelesCA
Bank of America, World Headquarters Building, 555 California Street, San Francisco, CA1967-1969San FranciscoCA
Bissinger House, Woodside, CAWoodsideCA
City of Denver, Parks and Recreation Department, Skyline Park, Denver, CO1973DenverCO
City of Mill Valley, Public Library, Main Library #2, Mill Valley, CA1964Mill ValleyCA
City of Seattle, Parks and Recreation Department, Freeway Park, Seattle, WA1971-1976SeattleWA
Coleman House, Marin County, CAMarin CountyCA
Crocker Center, Atrium, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1981-1983Los AngelesCA
Crocker Center, Crocker Bank Tower, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1981-1983Los AngelesCA
Crocker Center, KPMG Tower, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1981-1983Los AngelesCA
Del Monte Center, Monterey, CAMontereyCA
Donnell, Dewey and Jean, House and Garden, Sonoma, CA1947-1948SonomaCA
Eisler House, Marin County, CAMarinCA
Embarcadero Center, Master Plan, San Francisco, CA1969-1974San FranciscoCA
Emmons, Donn and Nancy, House, Almonte, Mill Valley, CA1947-1948Mill ValleyCA
Episcopal Diocese of California, Grace Cathedral, Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA1927-1964San FranciscoCA
Fairmont Hotel, Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA1902-1907San FranciscoCA
Ferris, Joel E., II, and Mary Jean Rosenberry, House, Rockwood, Spokane, WA1954-1955SpokaneWA
Ghirardelli, Domenico and Son, Chocolate Company, Factory #3, San Francisco, CA1896-1898San FranciscoCA
Giddings, R.J., House, Modesto, CA1962-1964
Halprin House and Garden, Kent Woodlands, CAKentfieldCA
Levi Strauss and Company, Headquarters, Embarcadero, San Francisco, CASan FranciscoCA
Levin House, Marin County, CAMarin CountyCA
Lovejoy Plaza, Portland, ORPortlandOR
Matzinger, Merrill, House, Bevedere, CA1962BelvedereCA
McIntyre House and Garden, Hillsborough, CAHillsboroughCA
Monterey Traffic Tunnel, Monterey, CAMontereyCA
Pischel House, San Francisco, CASan FranciscoCA
Schuman, Isadore and Ida, House, Woodside, CA1949WoodsideCA
Sea Ranch Association, Development, Sea Ranch, CA1964-1965Sea RanchCA
Seattle World's Fair, Master Plan, Queen Anne, Seattle, WA1959-1962SeattleWA
Seminary South Shopping Center, Fort Worth, TX
Stanford Medical Plaza, Stanford, CA1959StanfordCA
United States Government, Department of State, Consulate Office Building, Hong Kong, China1958Hong Kong
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Alumni House, Berkeley, CA1952-1953BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Student Center, Commons Building, Berkeley, CA1960BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Student Center, Union Building, Berkeley, CA1959-1960BerkeleyCA
University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Central Plaza and Parking Garage, Seattle, WA1969-1970SeattleWA
Washington Water Power (WWP) Company, Central Operating Facility, Logan, Spokane, WA1959SpokaneWA
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