Damrosch Park at the Lincoln Center was designed in the 1960s by master landscape architect Dan Kiley. Much diminished through neglect and misuse, the park is about to host New York Fashion Week, which is moving from its old home in Bryant Park. I am a huge fan of Kiley (see my previous posts on [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Dan Kiley’
Dan Kiley and New York Fashion Week
Posted in Modern design, Parks, United States, tagged Damrosch Park, Dan Kiley, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Lincoln center, New York Fashion Week, North Court on September 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Dan Kiley in Brussels
Posted in Belgium, Gardens, Modern design, United States, tagged AG, Brussels, Dan Kiley, rue du Pont Neuf on September 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I recently wrote a piece for the Historic Gardens Review on a courtyard garden designed by American master landscape architect Dan Kiley in Brussels. In 1989 AG Group (a financial company which became part of the troubled Fortis group) began redeveloping a run-down city block on rue du Pont-Neuf, near the Grand-Place. The project was [...]
Dan Kiley at La Défense
Posted in Ile de France, Modern design, Paris, Paris Promenades, Parks, United States, tagged Dalle, Dan Kiley, Esplanade, historic axis, La Defense, Shelomo Selinger, Yaacov Agam on July 1, 2010 | 9 Comments »
This week I went to see Dan Kiley‘s landcape design at La Défense, the business district to the west of Paris. Kiley is one of my favourite landscape architects. I spent a morning with him in his Vermont home not long before he died, to learn more about his work at the Lincoln Center in [...]











