Oehme, van Sweden & Associates

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Oehme, van Sweden & Associates is a Washington, D.C. based landscape architecture firm known for its focus on sustainability in landscape architecture. It was founded in 1975 by Wolfgang Oehme and James van Sweden. [1] The firm is a proponent of the "New American Garden" style, which is characterized by large swaths of grasses and fields of perennials. [2]

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Notable works of OvS' include the landscape architectural design for the Federal Reserve Campus in Washington, DC; The National World War II Memorial, the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, Tippet Rise Art Centre in Fishtail, MT; and multiple commissions at both Chicago Botanic Garden and The New York Botanical Garden, [3] including the Native Plant Garden.

Design philosophy

OvS' designs embrace the ideals of low-input landscaping: plant diversity with limited inputs of pesticides, fertilizer, water, and maintenance. [4] The firm aims to integrate new projects and plantings into natural landscapes and ecosystems, and in these, create landscaping and gardens which react to the changes in seasons and weather. [5] [6]

Key persons

Wolfgang Oehme - Co-founded OvS with James van Sweden. Worked at OvS from its founding until retiring in 2008. [7]

James van Sweden - Co-founded OvS with Wolfgang Oehme. Worked at OvS until retiring due to illness in 2011. [6] [8]

Lisa Delplace - Director and CEO Emeritus of OvS; has worked there since 1988. [9]

Eric Groft - Owner and director of OvS; has worked there since 1986. [10]

Sheila Brady - Principal partner of OvS; has worked there since 1987. [11]

Awards and honours

The firm was named recipient of the American Society of Landscape Architects' 2014 Landscape Architecture Firm Award. The award recognizes a “distinguished body of work that influences the professional practice of landscape architecture.”

The firm's project to improve the landscaping for a block of town homes in the Ellen Wilson neighbourhood of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., was recognized with an American Institute of Architects Honor Award in 1998. [3] In the same year, the firm received a Residential Design Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects for their work on a residential Coastal Island Retreat on Pine Island, South Carolina. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Oehme, van Sweden & Associates | The Cultural Landscape Foundation". www.tclf.org. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  2. ↑ "The New American Garden, The Landscape Architecture of Oehme, van Sweden (The Cultural Landscape Foundation)". www.tclf.org. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  3. 1 2 "Portfolio". Oehme, van Sweden & Associates. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Friendship Garden: Low Maintenance and Lovely". United States National Arboretum. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Ruane, Michael E. (April 2012). "MLK Memorial fits in with its surroundings". The Washington Post Cherry Blossom Special Section 2012.
  6. 1 2 Higgins, Adrian (September 23, 2013). "James van Sweden dies at 78; innovative landscape architect". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  7. ↑ "Wolfgang Oehme | The Cultural Landscape Foundation". www.tclf.org. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  8. ↑ Higgins, Adrian (2013-05-17). "Public gardens: A new model blossoms". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  9. ↑ "Lisa Delplace". Linkedin. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  10. ↑ "Eric Groft". Linkedin. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  11. ↑ "Sheila Brady". Linkedin. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  12. ↑ "Residential Design Honor Award". ASLA 2008 Professional Awards. American Society of Landscape Architects. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
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