Archinect - News 2024-11-21T12:46:55-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150344249/catherine-seavitt-nordenson-to-chair-the-landscape-architecture-department-at-the-weitzman-school-of-design Catherine Seavitt Nordenson to chair the Landscape Architecture Department at the Weitzman School of Design Josh Niland 2023-03-28T15:04:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2f/2ff2382b2d8acc3bad2d3d9a618ddaa3.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The Weitzman School of Design at the <a href="https://archinect.com/Weitzman" target="_blank">University of Pennsylvania</a> has announced that Catherine Seavitt Nordenson will be taking over as the next chair of its Department of Landscape Architecture, effective July 1st.</p> <p>The current <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/13919101/city-college-of-new-york-ccny" target="_blank">Spitzer School of Architecture</a> professor and director of CCNY's Master of Landscape Architecture program will replace Richard Weller and will be the third woman ever to lead the department following Anne Whiston Spirn and professor Sonja D&uuml;mpelmann, who had been serving as its interim chair since last spring.</p> <p>A press announcement from the university called Seavitt &ldquo;one of the most admired scholar-practitioners of her generation.&rdquo; Her career began as an Associate at New York&rsquo;s Atelier Raimund Abraham in 1993 and has made stops at <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/3360816/pei-cobb-freed-partners" target="_blank">Pei Cobb Freed and Partners</a> in addition to the academic appointments at <a href="https://archinect.com/parsons" target="_blank">Parsons</a>, the <a href="https://archinect.com/uva_sarc" target="_blank">University of Virginia</a>, and two of her alma maters <a href="https://archinect.com/princetonsoa" target="_blank">Princeton</a> and the <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/697/the-cooper-union" target="_blank">Cooper Union</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>Seavitt, both a registered architect and landscape architect, also ...</p>