Dan Kiley

Grounds of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri

Daniel Urban Kiley (2 September 1912 - 21 February 2004) was a noted American landscape architect in the modernist style. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 775 × 599 pixels Full resolution (1465 × 1133 pixel, file size: 249 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Dan Kiley ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 775 × 599 pixels Full resolution (1465 × 1133 pixel, file size: 249 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Dan Kiley ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, featuring The Gateway Arch or Archway, is located in St. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Central Park, like all parks, is an example of landscape architecture. ...

Life and career

Kiley was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1932, he began a four-year apprenticeship with landscape architect Warren Manning, during which he learned the fundamentals of office practice and developed an interest in the role of plants in design, sparking his later creative and innovative use of plants in the landscape. In 1936, Kiley entered the design program at Harvard University, while continuing work with Manning. Among his classmates and friends were Garrett Eckbo and James Rose, who also became influential landscape architects. After two years at Harvard, Kiley left without graduating. He worked briefly for the National Park Service in Concord, New Hampshire, and later the United States Housing Authority, where he met architect Louis Kahn. On Kahn’s advice, Kiley left the Housing Authority in 1940 to become a licensed practitioner of architecture. Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, Athens of America, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Government  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area  - City  89. ... Warren Henry Manning (November 7, 1860-1938) was a noted American landscape designer and a proponent of the American style of irregular groupings of mostly indigenous plants. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Founded in 1636,[2] Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning still operating in the United States. ... Garrett Eckbo Garrett Eckbo (November 28, 1910 – May 14, 2000) was an American landscape architect notable for his seminal 1950 book Landscape for Living. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ... Location in Merrimack County, New Hampshire Coordinates: Country United States State New Hampshire County Merrimack County Incorporated 1733  - City Manager Thomas J. Aspell, Jr. ... The United States Housing Authority, or USHA, was an agency created during 1937 as part of the New Deal. ... Salk Institute, La Jolla, California Louis Isadore Kahn (February 20, 1901/1902 – March 17, 1974) was a world-renowned architect who practiced in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

From 1943 to 1945, Kiley served in the U.S. Army. At the end of World War II, Kiley designed the courtroom where the Nuremberg Trials were held. In Europe, he visited the work of André Le Nôtre at Sceaux Chantilly, Versailles, and Vaux-le-Vicomte, whose formality and geometric layout shaped his future Classical Modernist style. The Süddeutsche Zeitung announces The Verdict in Nuremberg. ... Painting of André Le Nôtre by Carlo Maratti André Le Nôtre (March 12, 1613 - September 15, 1700) was a landscape architect and the gardener of King Louis XIV of France from 1645 to 1700. ... Versailles (pronounced in French), formerly de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. ... Vaux-le-vicomte was in many ways the most important work built before Louis XIV came to power. ...

Following the war, Kiley found himself one of the only modern landscape architects in the postwar building boom. In California, his friend Garrett Eckbo, Thomas Church and others were developing and practicing the modernist style. Kiley returned to his practice in New Hampshire, and later moved it to Vermont. In collaboration with modern architect Eero Saarinen, Kiley entered and won the competition to design for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, a high-profile job that launched his career as a landscape architect. Kiley’s first essentially modern landscape design was the Miller Garden in 1955. Among his other masterworks are the Fountain Place in Dallas, Texas; the Nations Bank Plaza in Tampa, Florida; the United States Air Force Academy; the Oakland Museum; Independence Mall in Philadelphia; and the Dallas Museum of Art. He completed more than 900 projects, which received countless awards. In his office, he hired and inspired designers such as Richard Haag, Peter Hornbeck, Peter Walker, and Ian Tyndal. Saarinens Gateway Arch frames The Old Courthouse, which sits at the heart of the city of Saint Louis, near the rivers edge. ... The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, featuring The Gateway Arch or Archway, is located in St. ... The prismatic Fountain Place Building Fountain Place, located at 1445 Ross Avenue in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas is a 62-story modern-styled skyscraper. ... The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States, (), is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air Force. ... Oakland Museum of California or Oakland Museum is a museum dedicated to the art, history, and natural science of California located in Oakland, California. ... The belltower atop Independence Hall, formerly home to the Liberty Bell. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Richard Haag is a United States landscape architect noted for his work on Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington and the Bloedel Reserve on Baingbridge Island, Washington. ... Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, PC (born 1932), was Conservative MP for Worcester between March 1961 and April 1992, and the founder of the Tory Reform Group. ...

The unique geometric layout of allees, bosques, water, paths, orchards, and lawns characterize Dan Kiley’s design. To Kiley, regular geometry lied at the heart of his design. Like his predecessors, Le Corbusier and Le Notre, Kiley believed that geometry was an inherent part of man. It was the structure man could used to gain comprehension and create stabilization of his surroundings. He also firmly believed that man was a part of nature, rather than being separate from it. Rather than copying and trying to imitate the curvilinear forms of nature he asserted mathematical order to the landscape. Kiley’s landscapes overstepped their boundaries rather than ending elements neatly on a suggested edge. He called this approach, slippage, or an extension beyond the implied boundary, creating ambiguous relationships in the landscape. Dan Kiley was a landscape architect made famous by his hundreds of distinguished works of landscape design, and inspires many students and professionals in the field of landscape architecture. Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965), was a French Swiss-born architect and writer, who is famous for his contributions to what now is called modernism, or the International Style. ... Categories: Stub | 1613 births | 1700 deaths | Landscape designers ...

Influential projects

• Miller Garden, 1955 [1]
• The Chicago Botanic Garden [2]
• Nations Bank Plaza, 1985 [3]
• La Défense, Paris
• Gateway Arch (Jefferson National Expansion Memorial), St. Louis; Eero Saarinen, architect
• John F. Kennedy Library, Boston
• Lincoln Center, Manhattan
• Fountain Plaza, Dallas, Texas[4][5]
• United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• National Center for Atmospheric Research (landscape) - Boulder, Colorado. Completed 1967. I. M. Pei, lead architect
• Chicago Filtration Plant, Chicago Illinois, 1965

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References

• “A Designer’s Designer, Dan Kiley Cast a Long Shadow, Appreciations by his Associates and Friends.” Landscape Architecture. May (2004) Vol. 94 Num. 5. pgs. 116-125
• “Dan Kiley: Biographical Information.” Garden Visits.com. http://www.gardenvisit.com/b/kiley.htm
• Obituary, New York Times, February 25, 2004.
• Oppenheimer, Andrea. “Modern Master.” Landscape Architecture. February (1996) Vol. 86 Num. 2. pgs. 74-79
• Treib, Marc. “Dan Kiley and Classical Modernism: Mies in Leaf.” Landscape Journal. (2005) Vol. 24. Num. 1. pgs 1-12
• Walker, Peter. “Pioneer Profile of Daniel Kiley” The Cultural Landscape Foundation. http://www.tclf.org/pioneers/kiley.htm