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Ruth Shellhorn: Pioneering Landscape Architect

May 14, 2023
Written by Ian McMaster

Rigorous training, beautiful yet utilitarian designs and a respect for nature set the landscape architect’s work apart from her contemporaries. From small gardens and business parks to expansive campuses and…

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Landscape Maven: Ruth Shellhorn

October 25, 2019
Written by Tori Youngbauer and Photography by University of Georgia Press

Rock on, Ruth! Learn more about Kelly Comras's book which details the life and legacy of Ruth Shellhorn.

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Designers + Craftsmen
Interior Design
Landscape Design

Women of Disney: Ruth Shellhorn’s Integral Landscape Design

June 6, 2017
Written by Jolene Nolte

It took a village of creative, problem-solving minds to bring Disneyland into three-dimensional form in 1955. An indispensable mind in this process was a woman who knew a thing or two about modernist landscape.

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