Landscape Architect Ken Smith To Present Lecture At Annenberg Theater

Ken Smith is a landscape architect who has worked on a wide variety of national and international projects, in both private and public practice. His background and training is in landscape architecture and the fine arts. In twenty years of practice he has participated in many team endeavors and worked with a wide range of consultants and groups.

His interests include landscape design of varying scale with a particular emphasis on projects, which explore the symbolic content and expressive power of landscape as an art form. He is committed to creating landscapes, especially parks and other public spaces, with vision and meaning as a way of improving the quality of urban life.

Ken Smith is licensed to practice in New York, California and other states, and has lectured and been published widely. Educated at Iowa State University and Harvard University Graduate School of Design, his practice is based in New York City. He is active as an educator and serves as a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. His breadth of experience, understanding of landscape issues and capacity to undertake complex problems and difficult sites qualify him for a wide variety and scale of projects.

This lecture is part of the 2007 lecture series sponsored in full by Palm Springs Modern Homes, and individually by Inside Outside. The Architecture & Design Council (ADC) is made up of over 200 Art Museum members who focus on contemporary issues and innovations in architecture and design. In addition to special events at private residences, the ADC sponsors an annual symposium, a lecture series, and tours to architecturally significant sites. -- www.psmuseum.org