Cornelia Hahn Oberlander | |
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| Born | Cornelia Hahn 20 June 1921 |
| Died | 22 May 2021 (aged 99) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | German, Canadian |
| Alma mater | Smith College, Harvard |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Order of Canada, American Society of Landscape Architects Medal, Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award, Governor General's Medal in Landscape Architecture |
| Practice | Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Landscape Architects |
| Buildings | C. K. Choi Building, Vancouver Public Library, Northwest Territories Legislative Building, Canadian Chancery in Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Anthropology at UBC, Robson Square, and Vancouver Law Courts |
| Projects | Peacekeeping Monument, VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitors Center |
| Design | Canadian Government Pavilion, Children's Creative Centre and play area for Expo 67 in Montreal |
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander CC OBC LL.D. (20 June 1921 – 22 May 2021) was a German-born Canadian landscape architect. Her firm, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Landscape Architects, was founded in 1953, when she moved to Vancouver.[1]
During her career she contributed to the designs of many high-profile buildings in both Canada and the United States, including the Robson Square and the Law Courts Complex in Vancouver, the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Chancery in Washington D.C., the Library Square at the Vancouver Public Library, the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, and Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly Building in Yellowknife.[2]
- ^ Herrington, Susan (2014). Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. pp. ix, 2, 11. ISBN 978-0-8139-3459-4.
- ^ Aird, Louise. "Dream Team: Architect Arthur Erickson & Landscape Architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, June 1994". louiseaird.com. Louise Aird, Landscape Trades Magazine. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.