Edward Durell Stone Jr.

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Edward Durell Stone Jr. (August 30, 1932 – July 10, 2009) was an American landscape architect.

Biography

The son of the

Fort Lauderdale architect, but soon became self-employed and founded EDSA.[3] The firm began to prosper while collaborating on projects with Stone's father.[3]

Stone's career continued after getting its boost in 1960 when he created his firm, Edward Durell Stone Jr. and Associates or EDSA. In 1991, it was unanimous opinion among interviewed principals of large and small firms that Stone's firm was among the top five.(Landscape Architecture, 60). Stone's work and career greatly impacted tourism and community-living in the United States, especially in Florida, as well as in the Caribbean and Europe.(Gillette, 75)[4] In Landscape Architecture Magazine, Jane Brown Gillette reports that Stone realized what he wanted to do at age seventeen while attending a dinner dance at the Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Florida. Here the scenery within the building's courtyard affected him in such a way that would eventually have an effect on many landscapes throughout Florida and the Caribbean and on the profession of landscape architecture through his work.

Stone was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and he received the

U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, appointed by Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter, and he served as a consultant to the Committee for a More Beautiful Capital in Washington, D.C., and to the Governor's Conference on Environmental Quality in the State of Florida.[3][5]

At EDSA, Stone continued to play a role in directing the charettes that begin most projects, and he participated in design reviews (Gillete, 77). Gillette says EDSA specializes in recreation-based communities and resorts, both national and international. The firm also does work in urban and campus design, in places of entertainment and attraction, and in environment and ecotourism. Some of EDSA's main projects include Disney World's West Side,

Euro Disneyland, Riverwalk in Fort Lauderdale, the Fort Lauderdale Beach Revitalization, El Conquistador Resort and Country Club, and Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort and Casino. Stone and his firm have become recognized for their expertise in planning and design for resort and community development.[6]
The projects in Fort Lauderdale, voted best city of its size in 1994, have helped make the city a tourist destination (Gillette, 91). In designing these places, Stone says they try to create "an idealized place, what the environment would be if everything were right in the world."(Gillette, 78)

References

  1. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths STONE, EDWARD DURELL, JR".
  2. ^ a b c "Bracken Lecture Series -- Penn State Department of Landscape Architecture". Archived from the original on 2006-10-11. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
  3. ^ a b c d e "EDSA ~ planners ~ landscape architects ~ graphic designers". Archived from the original on 2006-11-03. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
  4. ^ "EDSA ~ planners ~ landscape architects ~ graphic designers". Archived from the original on 2005-06-05. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  5. ^ Thomas E. Luebke, ed., Civic Art: A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 2013): Appendix B, p. 555.
  6. ^ "Bracken Lecture Series -- Penn State Department of Landscape Architecture". web.archive.org. 2006-10-11. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
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