Walter J Hood was born on 1958, Charlotte, NC and is Professor and former Chair of Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, and principal of Hood Design Studio in Oakland, California.
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14 Facts About Walter Hood
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Walter Hood has worked in a variety of settings including architecture, landscape architecture, art, community and urban design, and planning and research.
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Walter Hood grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, and has spent more than 20 years living and working in Oakland, California.
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Walter Hood has chosen to work almost exclusively in the public realm and urban environments.
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Walter Hood has received both his Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley in 1989.
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Walter Hood established Walter Hood Design Studio in Oakland, California in 1992.
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Walter Hood is currently designing the landscape for the Autry National Center Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, designing an archeological garden within the context of the South Lawn Project at the University of Virginia, and developing a set of monuments and markers for a six-mile waterfront trail in Oakland, CA.
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In 2013, Walter Hood served as one of six selection committee members for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence.
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In 2014, Walter Hood was commissioned by the Metro Nashville Arts Commission to create Witness Walls, a commemorative sculpture celebrating Nashville's civil rights history during the 1950s and 1960s.
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In 1997, Walter Hood was a fellow at the American Academy in Rome in Landscape Architecture.
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Walter Hood's work was featured in the 2006 exhibit "The Good Life: New Public Spaces for Recreation, " at the Van Alen Institute in New York.
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Walter Hood was the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Landscape Design and has exhibited and lectured on his professional projects and theoretical works nationally and abroad.
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Walter Hood is to design an installation to be executed using only local artisans and materials in Shanghai and Los Angeles; he will give lectures in both cities.
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