NCSU College of Design Announces Richard Bell Annual Lecture

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To honor a lifetime of achievement in the profession and practice of landscape architecture, the Department of Landscape Architecture at the North Carolina State University College of Design has announced the 1st annual Richard Bell Lecture. Dick Bell, FASLA, kicked off the new series on September 19th at the College of Design?EUR??,,????'?????<

“The Department of Landscape Architecture wishes to honor Dick Bell for his professional achievements, leadership, and many landscape legacies through this annual lecture in his name,” said Gene Bressler, FASLA, NCNLA, head of the department and professor of landscape architecture.

Bell graduated from the NCSU School of Design (now College of Design) in 1950 as part of Dean Henry Kamphoefner’s first class. He founded his first firm in Raleigh, NC, in 1955, introducing the practice of landscape architecture as a registered profession to the state. He has completed over 2000 projects throughout his long career.

A few of his best-known projects in Raleigh are NC State University’s “Brickyard” and Student Center Plaza, the city of Raleigh’s Pullen Park, the Amphitheatre at Meredith College, St. Mary’s College and Peace College’s campus master plans, the legislative building grounds, and his own “Water Garden” mixed-use development on highway 70-west (now demolished).

The lectures are free. Registered landscape architects may receive one CEU credit per lecture pending State Board approval. For more information on the entire lecture series, go to https://design.ncsu.edu/calendar.