Moment of Silence: Robert Shrosbree

Landscape architect Robert Shrosbree, co-founder of Site Workshop in Seattle, has passed away.

Robert Neal Shrosbree, FASLA, a landscape architect and co-founder of the Seattle landscape architecture firm Site Workshop, died Dec. 30 after a brief battle with cancer. He was 58.

Shrosbree built a career based on civic, institutional and public works that reflect the regional design Seattle is known for, said Mark Brands, with whom he founded Site Workshop in 2000. ''It's about the water, the mountains, the culture of Seattle.''

Shrosbree had more than three decades of experience in planning, designing and managing projects in the United States, Europe and Asia. A statement from the firm said he believed that successful work emerges from collaboration among architects, engineers and artists, and that landscape architecture is integral to innovative and enduring design.

Shrosbree was recently inducted into the American Society of Landscape Architects Council of Fellows for design excellence. He submitted information to LASN for his Fellows profile, which can be viewed here www.landscapearchitect.com/research/article/15598.

Among Shrosbree's projects are the Washington State East Capitol Campus, Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion, St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor and the soon-to-be-completed UW Medical Center expansion.

Before Site Workshop, Shrosbree was design director and principal for the Seattle office of EDAW and led the integration of its regional practice with its national and international presence. Prior to that, he directed the Seattle office of Murase Associates and was a senior associate at Thomas Berger Associates.

Shrosbree was active in the ASLA, American Institute of Architects, landscape architectural education and the broader design community, and served on boards and committees that supported those interests.

Shrosbree was born in La Jolla, Calif., and grew up in Boise, Idaho. In 1978, he earned a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture from the University of Oregon.

Shrosbree is survived by his mother, Gloria Shrosbree; son and daughter-in-law John and Mia Shrosbree; daughters Elizabeth and Katherine Shrosbree; granddaughter Mary Shrosbree; brother and sister-in-law Jim and Kathy Shrosbree; niece Gyan Shrosbree; and a close friend, Dagmar Vanselow. His aunts and numerous cousins, as well as his extended family at Site Workshop also survive him.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Childhaven of Seattle.