Laura L. Knott, FASLA

Laura L. Knott, Historical Landscape Architect, Charlottesville, VA
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An award-winning landscape architect with a background in history and archaeology, and graduate training in historic preservation, Laura Knott has spent thirty years practicing landscape architecture in Virginia, Maryland, Arkansas, North Carolina, Illinois, and Texas, with a focus on taking a landscape approach to the treatment of historic properties. Laura's historic landscape project experience has involved hundreds of the nation's most important cultural sites, including four World Heritage sites, twenty-three national historic landmarks, and twenty-three national parks. She has guided the management, design, and interpretation of historic sites as diverse as the Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden, Flamingo Developed Area in Everglades National Park, Tuskegee Institute, Little Rock Central High School, Cane River Creole National Historic Site, San Antonio Missions, University of Virginia's Academical Village, and Pershing Park. Laura has melded landscape architecture and historic preservation theory to understand, manage, and shape historically significant places. She regularly collaborates with landscape architects to communicate the significance of integrating cultural landscapes with designs.

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