Faculty
Professor
Anne
Vernez Moudon
Fritz
Wagner
Associate Professor
Richard Horner
Jeff Hou
Julie Johnson
Lynne Manzo
Iain Robertson
Nancy Rottle
Daniel Winterbottom
Assistant Professor
Thaisa Way
Lecturers
Gareth Loveridge
Luanne Smith
Nhon Truong
IAIN ROBERTSON
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Chair, Department
of Landscape Architecture
Adjunct Associate Professor, Environmental Horticulture & Urban Forestry
Faculty, Urban Design Certificate Program
348F Gould Hall
Box 355734
Seattle WA 98195-5734
iainmr@u.washington.edu
206.543.9246
iain robertson
| curriculum
vita | research | projects | publications | courses
taught | theses
advised
CURRICULUM VITA
| ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
|---|---|
| 1982-present | Dept. of Landscape Architecture University of Washington |
| 1996-2004 | Dept. Chair |
| 1988-96 | Associate Professor & Undergraduate Program Coordinator |
| 1988-present | Adjunct Assoc. Professor, Center for Urban Horticulture |
| 1979-89 | Resource Associate, Jones and Jones, Seattle, WA and Portland, OR |
| 1981-82 | Instructor, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR |
| 1978-79 | Landscape Architect, Edward MacLeod and Associates, Seattle, WA |
| 1978 | LA/Environmental Planner, W. J. Cairns and Partners, Edinburgh, U.K. |
| 1977-78 | LA/Environmental Planner, D. N. Skinner, Edinburgh, U.K. |
| 1974-76 | LA/Environmental Planner, Rahenkamp Sachs Wells & Assocs., Philadelphia, PA |
| 1970 | Gardener, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, U.K. |
| 1970 | Student Assistant Architect, Min. of Public Buildings & Works, London, U.K. |
| EDUCATION | |
| 1975 | M.L.A. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1972 | B. Arch. (Hons) University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K. |
| PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND AFFILIATIONS | |
| 1990-present | Associate, American Society of Landscape Architects |
| 1987-present | Member, American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta |
| 1978-95 | Associate of The Landscape Institute, United Kingdom |
| 1983-2002 | Registered Landscape Architect, OR |
| 2002- present | Registered Landscape Architect, WA |
| RECENT PUBLICATIONS | |
| 2005 | Icon Tact: The Future
of Freeway Park, with Susanne Friedman Landscape Architecture Magazine 95 (11) Nov 2005 |
| 2005 | Gardens that take your
breath away and give it back Pacific Horticulture 66 (4), Oct-Dec. |
| 2005 | Are we there yet? Designing
Gardens that move and Arrive. Pacific Horticulture 66 (3), July-Sept. |
| 2005 | The Living Museum: I
Think therefore I.T.Leaflet, 28 (3) Newsletter of the San Francisco Botanical Garden Society |
| 2004 | Balancing the WOW with
regionalism, conservation & cutting edge design The Public Garden 19 (4) |
| 2004 | Where is the Wonder,
I Wonder? Article, The Public Garden |
| 2003 | Ken Symes, Ph.D. (Published
while I was department Chair) Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington Case Studies in Community-University Partnerships UW Educational Partnerships & Learning Technologies, Sept. 03 |
| 2002 | Two Book Reviews, Landscape Journal, 21 (1) |
| RECENT LECTURES/PAPERS | |
| 2005 | Design: Growing into Place or Place-Making Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Annual Meeting Sept. 2005 |
| 2005 | San Francisco Flower & Garden Show exhibit judge & two lectures |
| 2005 | Arboretum Foundation Unit 86, Japanese Garden Guides Around the Garden in 1001 Questions: A Designer's Perspective on Introducing Seattle's Japanese Garden to Visitors (Accepted for publication in Arboretum Bulletin 2006) |
| FUNDED GRANTS | |
| 1999 | Departmental Tools for
Transformation Grant, Provost's Office University of Washington |
| 1998-9 | "Developing a Collective
Community Vision for the UW Campus", Co-PI with LA Faculty, Grant from President's Office, University of Washington |
| REVIEWER CONFERENCE PAPERS/GRANTS | |
| 1998 | present Institute for Museum Services, Reviewer, Conservation project Support grant program |
| 1991 | present Reviewer Landscape Journal Articles |
| 1991 | present Reviewer (Abstracts & papers) CELA Meeting |
| ACCREDITATION VISITS | |
| 2005 | Utah State University MLA Accreditation Visit, Team Leader |
| 2002 | University of Kentucky Team Member, BLA Accreditation Visit |
| 2000 | University of Michigan Team Leader, MLA Accreditation Visit |
| 2000 | California Polytechnic State Univ, Pomona Team Member, MLA Accreditation Visit |
| PROFESSIONAL/REVIEW PANELS | |
| 2005 | Longwood Gardens/University of Delaware, invited workshop participant Defining a Center for Excellence for Public Horticulture, Aug 05 |
| 2005 | Japanese Garden Advisory
Council, Selection committee member Consultant for Conceptual design and cost estimates for Pavilion and Gatehouse |
| 2005 | Appointed member, Freeway
Park Neighbors Association Review and comment on Programming and Design studies by consultant |
| 2004 | Appointed Member, Mayor's Downtown Parks Initiative |
| 2004-05 | Cascade Dialogues Steering Committee Member, Cascade Land Conservancy |
| 2004-5 | View Ridge Swim and
Tennis Club, Remodel Design Committee member Board member (6years) |
| 2004-5 | Monorail Review Panel,
Review & advise City Council & Mayor Stations and guideway for 14 mile monorail ‘Green Line” |
| 2002-5 | Seattle Design Commission Review City Capital Improvement projects & advise City Council & Mayor |
| 2000 | Salmon Friendly Seattle Charrette, Seattle Public Utility 3 days charrette |
| RECENT PRO BONO PROFESSIONAL DESIGN WORK | |
| 2005 | Lake Wilderness Arboretum, Boney Lake, WA Assessment and recommendations for 40-year old arboretum |
| 2005 | Ilex Collection, Washington
Park Arboretum, Seattle, WA Design for relocating the Holly Collection |
| 1999 | Invited Reviewer the New Zealand Garden Plans, Strybing Arboretum |
| 1998 | Strybing Arboretum Master Plan, Two day review of 1997 Master Plan by a 4 member national panel of consultants |
| 1996-7 | Report "Conversations with the Landscapes of the Bloedel Reserve" |
| 1995-6 | Bellevue Botanical Garden Design Consultant for Master Plan Update |
| RECENT ACADEMIC & ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE | |
| University | |
| 2005 | Conservation Colloquium, faculty Steering Committee |
| 2005 | UW Educational Partnerships
and Learning Technologies, UW Provost's office University-Community Steering Committee |
| 2003 & 05 | Center for Urban Horticulture, Director, Search Committee Member |
| 2003 | UW/ Rural Community Partnerships, Board |
| 2003 | Ad hoc Committee to develop an Environmental Policy Statement for UW |
| 2002-3 | Tools for Transformation Grants. Provost's Advisory Committee |
| 2001-4 | Program on the Environment, Board Member |
| 2001 | UW “First Lecture” Series for transfer and new students |
| 2001 | 6 th Annual Faculty
Workshop on Teaching & Learning, Understanding &Assessing Student Learning in the Classroom, UW Office of Undergraduate Education |
| 2001 | CUH, Environmental Horticulture Faulty Search Committee |
| 2000 | UW Director of Admissions, search committee |
| 1998-99 | UW Bonderman Scholarship Interviews committee |
| Departmental | |
| 2005-6 | Chair Curriculum Committee |
| 2005-6 | Chair, BLA Admissions Committee |