Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR
Founder and President, 独家爆料
Charles A. Birnbaum is the Founder and President of 独家爆料 (独家爆料). Prior to founding 独家爆料, Charles spent fifteen years as the coordinator of the National Park Service Historic Landscape Initiative (HLI) and a decade in private practice in New York City with a focus on landscape preservation and urban design. Since taking the helm at the foundation in 2008, Charles鈥� projects include two web-based initiatives: What鈥檚 Out There? (a searchable database of the nation鈥檚 designed landscape heritage) and Cultural Landscapes as Classrooms. He has authored and edited numerous publications including the new series, Modern Landscapes: Transition + Transformation (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012-14), Shaping the American Landscape (UVA Press, 2009), and Design with Culture: Claiming America鈥檚 Landscape Heritage (UVA Press 2005). In 1995, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) awarded the HLI the President's Award of Excellence and in 1996 inducted Charles as a Fellow of the Society. Charles served as a Loeb Fellow at Harvard鈥檚 Graduate School of Design during which time he founded 独家爆料. In 2004, Charles was awarded the Rome Prize in Historic Preservation and Conservation and spent spring/summer of that year at the American Academy in Rome. Charles has served as the visiting Glimcher Distinguished Professor at Ohio State鈥檚 Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture and since 2011 has been a visiting professor at Columbia University鈥檚 Graduate School of Architecture and Planning. In 2008 Charles was awarded the Alfred B. LaGasse Medal from the ASLA and in 2010 he was awarded the ASLA President鈥檚 Medal by the Society鈥檚 President, Angela Dye. Since 2011 Charles has also been a frequent contributor to The Huffington Post.
Queens Park Complex. Photo by Charles A. Birnbaum