San Francisco, Cambridge, New York

Glenn Allen

Principal


With over 25 years of experience in large scale, complex landscape architecture projects, Glenn Allen, Principal-in-Charge for the London office, recently completed the firm’s work on the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, the Shaw Center in Baton Rouge Louisiana and the Chattanooga Waterfront Park in Tennessee. In addition to these projects, he continues to lead Louisville Waterfront Park Phase III and the University of Cincinnati UC/21 Master Plan. Glenn has served as Principal-in-Charge for such award-winning projects as Sydney Olympics 2000 and Parque do Tejo e Trancão in Portugal. Mr. Allen lectures widely and has served as a visiting juror at schools worldwide.

EDUCATION
Louisiana State University
Master of Landscape Architecture
University of Virginia
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Hargreaves Associates
The SWA Group; Sausalito, CA

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
Registered Landscape Architect in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia.

VISITING JUROR
The University of New South Wales, Department of Landscape Architecture, Spring 1997
The University of Idaho, School of Architecture, Fall 1995
Louisiana State University, College of Environmental Design, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Fall 1987, Spring 1991
University of California, Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Berkeley, California, Spring 1987, Fall 1987, Fall 1989, Spring 1990, Fall 1992
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Fall 1994, Fall 2000, Fall 2002, Spring 2003

ORGANIZATIONS
Peer Review Committee of the GSA
Fellow, Institute for Urban Design
Member, Architectural League of New York
Member, American Society of Landscape Architects
Member, International Federation of Landscape Architects
Member, American Planning Association

INTERVIEWS / PUBLICATIONS
"Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design," Robert France, editor, 2002
"Master Concept Design for the Public Domain at Homebush Bay: The Public Workshop Process," "Olympic Plaza and the Fig Grove," "The Northern Water Feature," Landscape Australia, Special Issue: Sydney 2000 Olympic Site, Homebush Bay, Volume 22, No. 3, 2000
"Sydney 2000—The Northern Water Feature," Sustainable Architecture White Paper, Earth Pledge Foundation, New York, NY, 2000

LECTURES
"Imagining Dallas: Gardens for the City, Gardens for the Soul," The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, 2003
"Reclaiming Cities' Underutilized Assets," The Mayor's Institute on City Design, Washington, D.C., 2000
"Water Sensitive Ecological Planning and Design Symposium," Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, February 2000
"Sprawl and Public Space: Readressing the Mall," National Endowment for the Arts & The Woodrow Wilson Center Washington, D.C., Februrary, 2000
"Design and the Olympic Experience: The Public Domain at Homebush Bay," University of Melbourne, School of Architecture, Building and Planning, Melbourne, Australia, 1998
"The Edge-Landscapes Remade," Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Tusculum, Sydney, Australia, 1998
"Dynamic Synthesis-Hargreaves Associates in Australia," Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization International Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1997
"New Wave California," California Council of Landscape Architects Conference, Monterey, CA, May 1988
"Six Views - Contemporary Landscape Architecture," California State University, Fullerton, CA, 1986

PROJECT EXPERIENCE
William J. Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, AR
The Shaw Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Charles Hostler Student Center, American University in Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH
The 21st Century Waterfront Master Plan, Chattanooga, TN
Louisville Waterfront Park, Louisville, KY
The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  • Master Plan UC/21
  • Master Plan 2000
  • MainStreet
  • Center for Behavioral & Social Sciences
  • Library Square
  • Aronoff School of Design
  • Campus Green
  • University Commons
  • College of Business Administration
  • College of Applied Sciences
  • Eden Quad
University of Vermont, Campus Master Plan and Design Guidelines, Burlington, VT
Henderson Riverfront, Henderson, KY
Monogahela Wharf, Pittsburgh, PA
Biomedical Sciences Research Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
National Museum of Innovation, Tokyo, Japan
Sydney Olympics 2000, Sydney, Australia
Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia
Connecticut Center for Science and the Environment, Hartford, CT
Drexel University, Philladelphia, PA
  • Master Plan
  • 32nd Street Plaza
The Guadalupe River Park, San Jose, CA
Candlestick Point Park, San Francisco, CA
The Dayton Residence, Minneapolis, MN
Green Earth Science Building, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Genessee Crossroads Master Plan, Rochester, NY
Portland Eastbank Riverfront Master Plan, Portland, OR
Todos Santos Park, Concord, CA
Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan
Pittsburgh Waterfront Masterplan, Pittsburgh, PA
Old Westbury Gardens, Westbury, Long Island, NY