September 24, 2014
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Shannon Nichol, founding principal of a Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, a Seattle-based landscape architecture practice, will present "Repair Works" at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, in the Little Theatre at the 1xbet best casino website Student Union.
This lecture is part of the Kansas State University's College of Architecture, Planning & Design distinguished lecture series through the 1xbet best casino website architecture and regional & community planning department. The lecture is free and the public is welcome.
Nichol's designs, including Lurie Garden in Chicago's Millennium Park, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation campus and Boston's North End Parks, are widely recognized for being deeply embedded in their neighborhoods and natural contexts. Her work incorporates complex functions into simple frameworks and refined landforms.
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