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Bressler Named Chair of NC State’s Landscape Architecture Department

Gene Bressler has been named chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture in North Carolina State University’s College of Design. His appointment becomes effective Aug. 1.

Since 1997, Bressler has served as chair of the landscape architecture department at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, College of Architecture and Planning. In 2003, he was named director of the Colorado Center for Sustainable Urbanism. He was also a consulting principal for the Denver-based firms Landscape Strategies and Design Studios West. Prior to moving to Colorado, Bressler was a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Oregon and a partner in the firm Diethelm and Bressler, Inc.

“Gene Bressler brings the perspective of an experienced administrator and an accomplished teacher to the department,” says Marvin Malecha, dean of the College of Design. “Professor Bressler is known for his innovative approach toward relationships with the landscape architecture profession and with the community at large.  He is committed to the service role of a public university and is therefore a very good fit with the extensive program of design extension already under way within the college. We look forward to what we believe will be a productive time in his career and a beneficial impact on the scholarship of students and faculty.” Read more at ncsu.edu/news

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	Compatible Architectural And Engineering Principles Landscape design must be compatible with architectural and engineering principles and landscape architects collaborate closely with professionals in these fields. The landscape architect must have some knowledge of the allied physical planning fields of architecture and civil engineering and the biological sciences of agronomy ecology horticulture and botany as they affect land development.