Source: Robert Condia, 785-532-1106, condia@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Diane Potts, 785-532-1090, potts@k-state.edu
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
SAN DIEGO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT TO SPEAK ON USE OF STONE IN K-STATE PRESENTATION
MANHATTAN -- San Diego landscape architect David W. Reed will speak on "The Magnetism of Stone: The Quest for the Creative Spirit" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in the Pierce Commons of Kansas State University's Seaton Hall.
The event, part of this year's Bayer Stone competition for second-year architecture students enrolled in K-State's College of Architecture, Planning and Design, is free and open to the public.
The two-week competition, called "The Plaza of the Consummate Pedagogue," ends Friday, Sept. 28. The judging starts at 2:30 p.m. Friday; awards will be presented at 4 p.m. in the Pierce Commons.
Reed is the founder and principal of David Reed, Landscape Architects, established in 1982. The firm, with nine full-time employees in downtown San Diego, has worked in all aspects of the landscape architecture profession, including large public, institutional, corporate and industrial work. Its landscape design has ranged from historic reconstruction, habitat restoration and re-vegetation to park design, urban streetscape, multifamily residential developments and custom residential projects.
Before becoming a landscape architect, Reed spent several years in the construction industry, working with masons and carpenters who gave him valuable insight into materials and techniques. He also was a founding member of the Landmark Art Collaborative, whose projects include the Urban Mesa and the Museum of Seasonal Change.
Reed, a graduate of Rutgers University, is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the California Native Plant Society. Some of the firm's work can be viewed on its Web site, http://www.drasla.com
Attendance at the lecture can be submitted as continuing education credit for design professionals by contacting Diane Potts, potts@k-state.edu.