Cornelia's Take on Things

In the middle of the 20th century, you'd have thought that landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander was working in the 21st.  Her minimal designs and her devotion to sound ecological principles have made her a strong proponent of the green roof movement and other practices that could help protect the earth's natural resources.

In an article running in the current issue of Metropolis Magazine, Cornelia, now in her early 80's, says she was heavily influenced by Dan Kiley and James Rhodes, and by Philip Johnson's early exhibitions at MoMA. 

According to Cornelia, major events that have increased public awareness of the environmental issues include Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Ian McHarg's Design with Nature (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design), and now, Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It. 

Read the full interview at Metropolis Magazine and be very inspired.