Shane COEN
Shane Coen has led Coen+Partners, his innovative landscape architecture studio, for over 25 years. Grounded in an approach of contextual driven design, the firm collaborates with the world’s leading and emerging global design architects, artists, and engineers to create site solutions that are rooted in place while embracing programmatic social and ecological goals with innovation and beauty. The studio has built a distinguished body of award-winning work because of its leadership, creativity, and disciplined design approach. It has also received awards from the AIA, the ASLA, the GSA Design Excellence program and recognition in The New York Times, Metropolis, Dwell, and Architectural Record.
In addition to his practice, Shane has taught studios at Harvard’s GSD, lectures extensively throughout the world, and was featured in a waterfront symposium organized by the Netherlands. Early in his career Shane was recognized with an Emerging Voices Award by the Architectural League and was the first-place recipient of the Landezine International Landscape Award. The studio’s body of work was recognized with a National Design Award from Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, bestowed in recognition of excellence, innovation, and enhancement of the quality of life.
This lecture by Shane Coen for The Dallas Architecture Forum was presented on March 31, 2022.
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