During the last weeks of his practice, Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., wrote that the future of his
firm depended on developing an appropriate landscape style for the arid West. Christine …

… O’Hara has lectured both nationally and internationally on landscape … teaching, Christine
practices landscape architecture and historic landscape restoration. She is a principal of m + o …

Cultural landscape scholars might look to the Olmsted Brothers design for Palos Verdes
Estates, California, as an important early example of a landscape architecture firm’s …

INTRODUCTION In the development of modern sustainable construction there has been a
focus on technological solutions. One of the most effective ways to diminish one's carbon …

Ecological planning relies on a keen awareness of relationships between biophysical and
social processes, then uses this knowledge for decision making in accommodating for human …

The article offers the author's insights on Palos Verdes Estates, a new American town designed
in the 1920s, in southern Los Angeles County, California, and mentions topics including …

… Although the March–April 1925 Bulletin described the structure as “Spanish” architecture
with a stucco exterior and tile roof, landscape historian Christine Edstrom O’Hara likens the …

… Professor Christine Edstrom O’Hara This walking tour, led by Professor O’Hara, will examine
the Mediterranean hill town typology of Palos Verdes Estates through stops at Malaga Cove …

… Christine Edstrom O’Hara holds degrees from Stanford University in English and Art History
… Christine is on the advisory board for the Dana Adobe in Nipomo, CA, on the board of the …

vi uilt or natural, micro or macro, personal or collective, environments are the stages where
human actors live, play, work, relax, and heal. We are intricately connected to our immediate …