11 Facts About Edmund Hollander

Edmund David Hollander was born on September 3,1954 and is an American landscape architect and educator.

Edmund Hollander has taught at the Graduate School of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania and at City College of New York.

Edmund Hollander's mother, Jean Kopelman, was a New York television producer and his father, Alvin L Hollander Jr.

Edmund Hollander attended Vassar College from 1972 to 1976 and received a bachelor's degree in history and botany, then studied ecology and horticulture for three years at the New York Botanical Gardens School of Professional Horticulture.

Edmund Hollander was married to Wendy Powers on June 20,1992, at the Piping Rock Beach Club; the couple has a daughter, Renata.

In 1991 Edmund Hollander founded Edmund Hollander Design Landscape Architects with Connelly.

Edmund Hollander believes each landscape can be analyzed by studying its three ecologies: The site's natural ecology, including topography, soil and climate; the architectural ecology of the house as it will appear in the future, along with related structures; and its human ecology, meaning the many ways in which people will use the property.

Edmund Hollander seeks to work with the natural ecology of a site, the human ecology of his client and the architectural ecology of the building.

Edmund Hollander has taught at the City College of New York and in the Graduate School of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania, where he serves on the Dean's Council and has frequently lectured.

Edmund Hollander is a member of the board of trustees of the New York Restoration Project, which was founded Bette Midler and is New York City's only citywide conservancy planting trees and restoring parks for residents in all five boroughs.

Edmund Hollander serves on the board's real estate and development committees and has provided landscape design services for many NYRP projects.