2024-05-03T00:05:06-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150303931/gary-hilderbrand-appointed-new-chair-of-landscape-architecture-at-harvard-gsd Josh Niland 2022-03-23T14:37:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fa/facebe4b7dbeff8591c9e8f15b77b873.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>One of the landscape design world&rsquo;s leading names will be stepping into a new role this summer as <a href="https://archinect.com/reedhilderbrand" target="_blank">Reed Hilderbrand</a> founding principal and partner Gary Hilderbrand has been announced as the new chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the <a href="https://archinect.com/harvard" target="_blank">Harvard GSD</a>.</p> <p>Hilderbrand has been on the faculty at Harvard for over 30 years and will step into the role vacated by Anita Berrizbeitia after seven years at the helm of what is the oldest landscape architecture department in academia.</p> <p>A statement from <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150173651/deans-list-sarah-whiting-on-taking-the-helm-of-harvard-s-graduate-school-of-design" target="_blank">GSD Dean Sarah Whiting</a> praised Hilderbrand&rsquo;s &ldquo;sensibilities as a teacher and as a practitioner,&rdquo; stating that the two &ldquo;are one and the same.&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;His unyielding efforts to reconcile imminent, often intractable forces of urbanization with ecological sustainability, cultural history, vegetative regimes, and thoughtful kindness are central to his pedagogy and practice both,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;I could not be more delighted he has accepted this appointment, and I am excited for what is to come under ...</p>