John Ormsbee Simonds Collection 1912-2005 1940-2005

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John Ormsbee Simonds Collection 1912-2005 1940-2005

http://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/Simonds.htm

Drawings, project files, correspondence, writings, speeches, and other papers of landscape architect John Ormsbee Simonds.

173.5 cubic feet; 208 Boxes

eng,

Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

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SNAC Resource ID: 6637023

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Environmental Planning and Design

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American Society of Landscape Architects.

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The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) was founded in 1899 and represents the profession in the United States. There are currently more than 12,000 members and 47 chapters. Landscape architecture is the art and science of analysis, planning, design, management, preservation and rehabilitation of the land. The scope of the profession includes site planning, garden design, environmental restoration, town or urban planning, park and recreation planning, and historic preservation. ...

Simonds, John Ormsbee

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John Ormsbee Simonds worked for over fifty years as a landscape architect and planner. Beginning in 1940 when he founded his first partnership, Simonds and Simonds, his firms were responsible for planning over 500 projects, including more than 80 planned communities and new towns. In 1970, he was a co-founder of The Environmental Planning and Design Partnership (EPD), with offices in Pittsburgh, Miami Lakes, and Michigan. Primarily national in scope, EPD focused on urban renewal, pa...