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Jane Silverstein Ries, FASLA
The
ASLA Medal is the highest honor the American Society of
Landscape Architects (ASLA) may bestow upon a landscape architect
whose lifetime achievements and contributions to the profession
have had a unique and lasting impact on the welfare of the public
and the environment.
In 1929, when women were expected to focus on domestic
concerns, Jane Silverstein Ries, FASLA, enrolled at the
Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture and, upon graduating,
became the first female landscape architect in the state of Colorado.
She began her career in 1933 working for Denver landscape architect
Irvin J. McCrary, but left six months later to start her own firm--a
true pioneer. Throughout her career, which spanned some fifty-six
years, Ms. Ries was the creative force behind civic improvement
projects, including the Denver Botanical Gardens, and the Denver
Art Museum. Long before it was in vogue, she brought livability
and stewardship to the design of small private estates and urban
gardens. Ms. Ries has been a mentor and role model for women in
the profession of landscape architecture, as well as an early advocate
of sustainable design, esthetic green spaces, and raising the standards
of urban life.
Read the nomination letter from Matt
Spidell, ASLA, Ron Bevans, ASLA, Janet Meisel-Burns, ASLA, Catharine
Mitchell, ASLA, Lynn Moore, FASLA, and Tom Hawkey, ASLA,
and supporting letters from Lynn
A. Moore, FASLA, The
Hon. Frederico Peña, The
Hon. Patricia Schroeder, Ellen
Anderman, and Phillip
E. Flores, FASLA.
Kock/Wheelock Garden
Denver, CO
Photo: J. Ries
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Colorado Executive (Governor's) Mansion
Denver, CO
Photo: C. Mitchell
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Nicola Residence
Denver, CO
Photo: C. Mitchell
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Brock Garden
Denver, CO
Photo: J. Ries
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Suddler Garden
Denver, CO
Photo: C. Mitchell
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Anderman Residence
Denver, CO
Photo: J. Ries
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Knowles Garden
Denver, CO
Photo: J. Ries
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General Electric Showhouse - 1935
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Marschand Garden
Denver, CO
Photo: C. Mitchell
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