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Artful Rainwater Design: Lessons Learned Over Time

Eliza Pennypacker and Stuart Echols
Landscape Journal, November 2024, 43 (2) 51-70; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.43.2.51
Eliza Pennypacker
Eliza Pennypacker earned a BA in Liberal Arts at St. John’s College and an MLA at the University of Virginia. She is a professor of landscape architecture at Penn State whose research collaboration with Stuart Echols focuses on “artful rainwater design” (ARD): stormwater management that mitigates quality and quantity of runoff while visibly celebrating rain. Her work is committed to using academic research to benefit the profession.
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Stuart Echols
Stuart Echols holds a BSLA and an MS in Land Development from Texas A&M University, an MLA, and a PhD in Environmental Design and Planning from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He is an associate professor at Penn State whose research collaboration with Eliza Pennypacker focuses on ARD. Echols also researches “split flow” rain management systems as an undervalued tool for managing runoff.
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