Margie Ruddick
Margie Ruddick is a New York-based landscape architect.[1] In 2013 she won the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for landscape architecture.[2] Her projects include designs at Queens Plaza Dutch Kills Green,[2] Urban Garden Room, New York Aquarium Perimeter Project, Shillim Retreat and Institute, Casa Cabo, Baja California, and Bay Garden, Florida.[3]
Biography
[edit]She was born in Montreal, raised in New York City, and earned her undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College before completing her graduate studies at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.[4]
Career
[edit]Her design work includes urban and international projects that combine ecological restoration with cultural sensitivity.[1] One of her projects is the redesign of Queens Plaza in New York City, which aimed to transform a challenging urban space into a more sustainable and pedestrian-friendly environment. [5] Internationally, Ruddick has worked on projects such as Living Water Park in Chengdu, China,[6] which is considered the first ecological park in China, designed to clean polluted water biologically.[7] She also contributed to the Shillim Institute and Retreat in the Western Ghats of India, focusing on reforestation and ecological restoration.[8]
Ruddick has taught at several academic institutions, including Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, Yale, Princeton, and The University of Pennsylvania.[9] She is also the author of Wild by Design: Strategies for Creating Life-Enhancing Landscapes (2016), in which she outlines her design principles and approach to landscape architecture.[10]
Awards
[edit]In addition to the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, Ruddick has received 1998 Waterfront Centre Award and the 1999 Places Design Award for her work on Living Water Park.[11] She has also been awarded with the Rachel Carson Women in Conservation Award in 2006 [12]and was named one of the top ten women in green design by the Green Economy Post in 2010.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Walsh, Christopher. "Landscape Designer Takes Stand for Sustainability | The East Hampton Star". www.easthamptonstar.com. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ^ a b Magazine, Smithsonian; Bisceglio, Paul. "Landscape Designer Margie Ruddick Brings a New Meaning to Green Design". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ^ Raver, Anne (2003-04-03). "Dreaming In the Dirt". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ "Margie Ruddick | Biennal". landscape.coac.net. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ "Photo 2 of 5 in "Born to Rewild" with Landscape Designer Margie…". Dwell. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ "China's Living Water Garden - YES! Magazine Solutions Journalism". YES! Magazine. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ "Margie Ruddick (Landscape Architect), "LANDSCAPE/ARCHITECTURE: Bridging the Divide Between Nature and Culture" (Yale School of Architecture) | Environmental Humanities". environmentalhumanities.yale.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ "Landscape Designer Margie Ruddick to Present 'Landscapes and Their Buildings' Lecture on Oct. 30". University of Arkansas News. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ "Margie Ruddick | Fay Jones School | University of Arkansas". fayjones.uark.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ "Wild By Design: Strategies for Creating Life-Enhancing Landscapes". Upstate House. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ "Margie Ruddick | TCLF". www.tclf.org. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ Raver, Anne (2011-07-20). "In Philadelphia, Going Green or Growing Wild?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-02-16.