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Landscape architect Baldev Lamba looked to ancient Iran when designing the First Lady?EUR??,,????'?????< Now living in Philadelphia, Lamba first worked as a landscape architect in Kuwait. He marveled at the ancient Persian-Iranian architecture that inspired buildings in the region. Lamba put this experience to use in winning a design competition for the recently-opened First Ladies?EUR??,,????'?????< In the works for more than 15 years, the three-acre National Garden is located near the National Air & Space Museum. The U.S. Botanic Garden is across Independence Avenue from the new garden. Part of the National Garden, First Lady Laura Bush opened the Water Garden in October. Lamba?EUR??,,????'?????< Fruitful Collaboration Lamba and his design team, which included John Collins Jr., Allison Towers and Kim Douglas, came up with an idea to incorporate quilt patterns made famous by America?EUR??,,????'?????< ?EUR??,,????'?????< Even though Lamba won the design competition in 1993, the project took almost 13 years to fructify. The project was stalled due to fund-raising issues initially and a gala was held to raise funds for the project. Finally, after the roadblocks were cleared, the project took off in October 2001. Lamba worked with the construction firm, EDAW Inc. to transform his designs to reality. Combining Patterns The garden is made of granite stones in seven different colors with grey, black and pink forming the main backdrop. ?EUR??,,????'?????< The garden is located next to the main lawn terrace at the Botanical Garden in Washington. A cursory look at the garden can reveal different perspectives for different people. The garden can be viewed as a microcosm of American culture with people hailing from different races and cultures co-existing peacefully, Lamba said. Lamba graduated with a post-graduate degree in landscape architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi in 1976. Source: IndUS Business Journal, www. indusbusinessjournal.com
Now living in Philadelphia, Lamba first worked as a landscape architect in Kuwait. He marveled at the ancient Persian-Iranian architecture that inspired buildings in the region. Lamba put this experience to use in winning a design competition for the recently-opened First Ladies?EUR??,,????'?????<
In the works for more than 15 years, the three-acre National Garden is located near the National Air & Space Museum. The U.S. Botanic Garden is across Independence Avenue from the new garden.
Part of the National Garden, First Lady Laura Bush opened the Water Garden in October. Lamba?EUR??,,????'?????<
Lamba and his design team, which included John Collins Jr., Allison Towers and Kim Douglas, came up with an idea to incorporate quilt patterns made famous by America?EUR??,,????'?????< ?EUR??,,????'?????< Even though Lamba won the design competition in 1993, the project took almost 13 years to fructify. The project was stalled due to fund-raising issues initially and a gala was held to raise funds for the project. Finally, after the roadblocks were cleared, the project took off in October 2001. Lamba worked with the construction firm, EDAW Inc. to transform his designs to reality. Combining Patterns The garden is made of granite stones in seven different colors with grey, black and pink forming the main backdrop. ?EUR??,,????'?????< The garden is located next to the main lawn terrace at the Botanical Garden in Washington. A cursory look at the garden can reveal different perspectives for different people. The garden can be viewed as a microcosm of American culture with people hailing from different races and cultures co-existing peacefully, Lamba said. Lamba graduated with a post-graduate degree in landscape architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi in 1976. Source: IndUS Business Journal, www. indusbusinessjournal.com
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Even though Lamba won the design competition in 1993, the project took almost 13 years to fructify. The project was stalled due to fund-raising issues initially and a gala was held to raise funds for the project.
Finally, after the roadblocks were cleared, the project took off in October 2001. Lamba worked with the construction firm, EDAW Inc. to transform his designs to reality.
The garden is made of granite stones in seven different colors with grey, black and pink forming the main backdrop.
The garden is located next to the main lawn terrace at the Botanical Garden in Washington. A cursory look at the garden can reveal different perspectives for different people. The garden can be viewed as a microcosm of American culture with people hailing from different races and cultures co-existing peacefully, Lamba said.
Lamba graduated with a post-graduate degree in landscape architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi in 1976.
Source: IndUS Business Journal, www. indusbusinessjournal.com
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