JJR

Fellowship Sponsor
Founded in Ann Arbor in 1961, JJR has grown into a nationally recognized, multi-disciplinary land planning and design firm.  It is comprised of 140 professional landscape architects, civil engineers, urban planners and environmental scientists working in a collaborative and innovative manner with clients. JJR is committed to people, quality and sound land utilization.  They create great places and spaces, effect a positive change in people’s lives, promote sustainability and provide excellence in design and technical solutions, all of which have been recognized by more than 150 design and planning awards. 

JJR’s working relationship with the University of Michigan dates back to 1963 and the original Central Campus Planning Study.  That project set forth the basic concept of “framework planning, “ which has become a hallmark process and term accepted throughout the country in the campus planning community.  One of our more recent projects is the site design for the Ross School of Business.  Featuring the most progressive stormwater design on campus to date, the project has two university firsts—an extensive green-roof system and small infiltration planters to manage stormwater as close to the source as possible.

JJR’s offices are in Ann Arbor, Chicago, Madison, Wisc.; Phoenix, Ariz., and Washington, D.C.
www.jjr-us.com | JJR Ann Arbor | 110 Miller Rd. |Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | 734.662.4457

www.jjr-us.com

Oehme, van Sweden & Associates, Inc.

Fellowship Sponsor
Oehme, van Sweden & Associates (OvS) is a professional practice of landscape architecture established in 1977 and a Women Business Enterprise.  For more than three decades, the firm has been committed to artistic design solutions that balance sustainable practices with concerns about life-cycle costs and maintenance. The company’s appreciation of nature and its processes inspired the firm’s widely recognized “New American Garden” style. The approach is based on the year-round qualities of the natural environment and is driven by a deep understanding of natural science. The results are both beautiful and practical: OvS landscapes require less maintenance, no pesticides and limited water and fertilization. And they continue to function as a vital component of existing eco-systems while serving the needs of people.

Over the past decade, OvS has expanded landscape architectural services to include security design for federal government buildings in Washington, D.C., and around the world. This work includes designing mission-critical facilities in high-security locations such as the new United States embassies in Katmandu, Nepal, and Kabul, Afghanistan.  The firm’s security designs in Washington include perimeter security upgrades for the Federal Reserve System and perimeter security for the International Chanceries Center, a campus of 22 chanceries and Intelsat Headquarters in an historic neighborhood.  In every case, the designs are both contextual and functional, providing security within historic or culturally significant landscapes.

800 G St. SE | Washington, D.C. 20003 | 202.546.7575
www.ovsla.com

Jean Whittemore Sharp and Randall F. Sharp

Fellowship Sponsor
Support for the Harlow O. Whittemore Panel discussion was provided by the generosity of Jean Whittemore Sharp and her son, Randall F. Sharp.  Jean Sharp (1944 alumna, LSA), long-time friend and supporter of the landscape architecture program at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, is the daughter of Harlow Whittemore and historian of the Whittemore family legacy.  Randall Sharp, Harlow Whittemore’s grandson, is an internationally-renowned landscape architect with Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture, Inc, a Vancouver, Canada-based firm.

Harlow O. Whittemore (1889-1986) was a nationally recognized leader in landscape architecture and community planning, and served as professor and chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture and City Planning at the University of Michigan.  He received his master’s degree in Landscape Design from the University of Michigan in 1914 and was invited to join the landscape architecture faculty the very same year, serving until his retirement in 1958.  In addition to his prominent role at the University of Michigan, Whittemore was instrumental in developing the concept for the Huron-Clinton Metropark Authority.  Along with a colleague, Henry Curtis, Whittemore developed the concept of a park system along the Huron and Clinton Rivers from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie in 1936.  The Harlow O. Whittemore Lecture series at the School of Natural Resources and Environment was established in 1977, named in honor of Professor Emeritus Whittemore. The endowment fund for the Harlow Whittemore Lecture was established with gifts from many of Professor Whittemore’s family, friends and former students.

Conservation Design Forum

Corporate Sponsor
At CDF, water is the origin of everything we do.  We see water as the most vital resource for the whole of nature, which by definition includes people.  This philosophy drives all of our design projects: health facilities, residential neighborhoods, parks, interpretive centers, retail stores, streetscapes and beyond.  Each project begins with a careful examination of a site and the people it will serve.  We strive to understand the true natural and cultural spirit of a place, and express it in the design.

This is possible through our multi-disciplinary expertise.  Our professional mix of landscape architecture, science, engineering and planning comes together on every project.  Such collaboration also goes beyond our own staff.  We invite our private, public, design professional and nonprofit clients into an integrated design process that includes workshops and charettes.

For 15 years, CDF has been a leader in the ecological design movement.  We have pioneered green technologies and monitored them over time, to ensure constant improvement.  We accomplish multiple benefits with each design element.  This innovation adds value.

Conservation Design Forum: where water is a resource.
220 S. Main St., Suite 3 | Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | 734.663.3751
www.cdfinc.com

John S. Troy Landscape Architecture and John and Alice Troy

Alumni and Friend Sponsor
Congratulations to Landscape Architecture on 100 years, and thank you, University of Michigan, for a great education!
From 1976-81, John taught landscape architecture at West Virginia University, concentrating on history of gardens.  Since 1981, John S. Troy Landscape Architect has thrived as a small design firm, concentrating on residential garden design primarily in the south Texas area, but also in Monterrey, Mexico, and Rye, England.  His staff includes Anne Solsbery, who has an M.L.A. from the University of Virginia.  The firm’s design philosophy is to develop an individual style for each project, ranging from very classic formal to complete integration/reflection of the surrounding native landscape.  Published projects include Garden Design Magazine’s Golden Trowel Award in 2002 and Architectural Digest (July 2007) and Landscape Architecture Magazine (September 2007).  Other awards include State of Texas Merit awards in 1996 and 2002, and honor award in 2003 for the Rio Vista Ranch.

John and his wife, Alice, who manages the design practice, have lived in San Antonio for almost 30 years. They have two sons, both of whom live in New York City and work in the field of sports finance and accounting.  John serves on the board of the San Antonio Botanical Gardens as a way of giving back to the community.

John S. Troy Landscape Architect | 122 Lewis St | San Antonio, Tex. 78212 | 210.222.1355