Julie Bargmann

Julie Bargmann (b. 1958) is an American landscape architect and educator, founding principal of D.I.R.T. Studio and Professor Emerita at the University of Virginia. Her practice is known for radical reuse of post-industrial and contaminated sites, transforming “ugly ducklings” into productive, socially engaged landscapes. Bargmann was the inaugural recipient of the Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize in 2021. Her work embraces post-industrial terrains, adaptive reuse, and design as provocation. Through both practice and teaching, she has shaped a generation of ecological and critical designers.

New Video Oral History with Julie Bargmann, Inaugural Recipient of the Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize, released by The Cultural Landscape Foundation Eighteenth in an ongoing Pioneers of American Landscape Design® video oral history series that documents, collects, and preserves first-hand information from pioneering landscape architects The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) today announces the release […]

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