Heidi Hohmann

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Director of Graduate Education, Landscape Architecture

Education

BS, Yale College, 1985
MLA, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 1993

Supporting Files

• Short CV
• Full CV
• CV-Long Format (09/19/13)
• CV-Short Format (09/19/13)

Research Interests

Historic landscapes and their preservation; landscape architectural history, particularly 1900-1935; late nineteenth and early twentieth century parks and park systems; rural cemeteries; contemporary design criticism.

Current Projects

History of Minneapolis Park System, including design of Cleveland, Manning, Loring, Wirth and Eckbo

Brucemore Historic Landscape Report Update & Treatment Plan

Cultural Landscape Assessment for Chickasaw National Recreation Area

Photo and film collection of P.H. Elwood's Asian & European travels

Rim Rock Drive Cultural Landscape Inventory

Platt National Park National Historic Landmark Nomination

Fort Des Moines Cultural Landscape Assessment 

Current Scholarship

• "From Pariah to Paragon: The Redesign of Platt National Park", 05/01/2013

  Book chapter in Public Nature: Scenery, History, and Park Design, edited by Ethan Carr, Shaun Eyring, and Richard Guy Wilson, Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013.

• Cultural Landscape Studies for Veteran's Lake and Chickasaw National Recreation Area, 07/01/2012
• Presentation to National Advisory Council for Historic Preservation, 11/04/2010
  Presentation of Platt National Park National Historic District National Historic Landmark Nomination in Washington, D.C.
• Cooperative Agreement with National Park Service, 09/15/2010
  Grant to conduct Cultural Landscape Inventory for Rim Rock Drive, part of Colorado National Monument. Coordinated as part of Missouri/Mississipi River Valley CESU program of the NPS.
• Cooperative Agreement with National Park Service, 09/15/2010
  Grant to conduct Cultural Landscape Inventory for Rim Rock Drive, part of Colorado National Monument. Coordinated as part of Missouri/Mississipi River Valley CESU program of the NPS.
• Le Mars Community Park, 03/01/2010
  Design for 10 to 12-acre park in Le Mars, IA, done as part of  LA 202: Site Design I, as part of the PLaCE program.