Olmsted also understood that we must respect nature and a changing climate. When, about 150 years ago, Sen. Leland Stanford, R-Calif., asked him to design the campus of his new university in Palo ...

Olmsted designed the grounds of the expanded U.S. Capitol. By Andrew Glass 04/26/2013 06:11 AM EDT On this day in 1822, Frederick Law Olmsted, a pioneering figure in the U.S. conservation movement ...

Downing Park was the last collaboration between Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, a 35-acre park designed to be a quiet and relaxing environment amid the city. Construction on the park ...

Frederick Law Olmsted retired in 1895 and became a resident of McLean Hospital in Waverly, Mass., whose landscape he had designed years before. He died there on Aug. 28, 1903. Like father, like sons.

Olmsted’s Enduring Gift. The man behind many of the nation’s beloved public spaces, Frederick Law Olmsted, was born 200 years ago on April 26.

If you’re a fan of historic architecture and green spaces, you’ll love visiting these parks, gardens, and grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), considered America’s first ...

In retrospect, I was seeing Olmsted’s Atlanta handiwork at a low point. It was the 1960s, and the park was the poorly overseen stepchild of a grand old neighborhood in decline, Druid Hills ...

On Frederick Law Olmsted's 200th birthday, the National Association for Olmsted Parks celebrates the father of landscape architecture and his work.

The bicentennial of Frederick Law Olmsted’s birth this year stimulates thought about the life and achievements of this great American. While it is difficult, some would say questionable, to ...

Creating common ground was the mission of Frederick Law Olmsted, founder of American landscape architecture. The year 2022 marks the bicentennial of Olmsted’s birth and his epic impact across ...

Nineteenth-century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted designed some of America’s most well-known green spaces, including Central Park in New York City. A new documentary, “Frederick Law ...

Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America has been made possible by major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor and The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation.