Design Workshop, Inc. Photographs
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the photograph collection for five projects completed by Design Workshop, Inc.:
Kananaskis
Resort community project in Calgary, Alberta, Canada where Design Workshop managed the construction process with the utilization of an environmental analysis, 1979-1986.
High Desert
A planned community in Albuquerque, New Mexico that provided Guidelines for Sustainability, which developed plans for conservation of water, protection of open space, preservation of views, and improvement of wildlife habitats, 1989-2007.
Starwood Ranch
A project for Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz near Aspen, Colorado, 1989-1993.
Summerlin
A neighborhood and community center in Las Vegas, Nevada that incorporated an urban plaza, a performing arts amphitheater with covered stage, picnic areas, tennis courts, a playground and basketball courts,1986-2005.
Note: Headings encased in quotations are taken directly from the slide itself when available. Many of these slides are the original and may be the only copy in existence.
The slides were kept in their original order while the prints were organized according to project.
Dates
- 1972-1999
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Design Workshop, Inc. Photographs must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical Note
Design Workshop, Inc. is a leading international landscape architecture firm founded in 1969 by Joe Porter and Don Ensign while they were professors at North Carolina State University. Both received bachelor's degree from Utah State University in 1963 in landscape architecture. Other USU graduates that joined the firm were Richard Shaw, Todd Johnson and Terrall Budge. The firm's projects range from private gardens to resort development. The design teams are highly praised for their innovative use of attractive features while having the least impact on the site's ecology and natural views. Although based in Denver, Colorado the firm has offices in Asheville, North Carolina; Aspen, Colorado; Austin, Texas, Lake Tahoe, Nevada; and Salt Lake City, Utah.
In addition to various awards received by Design Workshop Inc., in 2008 the firm was named the top landscape architecture firm in the country by the American Society of Landscape Architects. For additional information, please refer to Design Workshop, Inc.'s website at
Extent
6 boxes (5.5 linear feet)
Abstract
This collection contains prints, slides, negatives, photocopies and framed prints of various Design Workshop Inc. landscape architectural projects.
Arrangement
Box 1 contains prints from Kanasaskis project; box two contains slides from Kananaskis, High Desert and Summerlin; box 3 contains Starwood Ranch slides; box 4 contains prints and negatives for Summerlin; and box 5 contains two oversized framed prints.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials in this collection were donated to Special Collections & Archives by Design Workshop, Inc. in 2009 and 2010.
Processing Information
Processed in May of 2010
- Architecture
- City and Town Life
- Computer drawing--Photographs
- Correspondence
- Dead Horse Ranch (Ariz.)--Aerial views
- Digital images.
- Environmental Activism
- Environmental Conditions
- High Desert (Albuquerque, N.M.)--Landscape architecture--Slides.
- Images
- Kananaskis Country (Alta.)--Aerial views
- Kananaskis Village (Kananaskis Country, Alta.)--Landscape architecture--Drawings--Photographs
- Landscape architectural projects--Alberta--Kananaskis Country--Photographs
- Landscape architectural projects--Alberta--Kananaskis Country--Slides
- Landscape architectural projects--Alberta--Kananaskis Village--Drawings--Photographs
- Landscape architectural projects--Colorado--Aspen--Slides
- Landscape architectural projects--Nevada--Las Vegas--Photographs
- Landscape architectural projects--Nevada--Las Vegas--Slides
- Landscape architectural projects--New Mexico--Albuquerque--Slides
- Maps
- Negatives (photographic)
- Parks and Playgrounds
- Planned communities--Landscape architecture--Nevada--Las Vegas--Photographs
- Planned communities--Landscape architecture--Nevada--Las Vegas--Slides
- Planned communities--Landscape architecture--New Mexico--Albuquerque--Slides
- Public Utilities
- Resort development--Alberta--Kananaskis Village--Photographs
- Resort development--Alberta--Kananaskis Village--Slides
- Resorts--Landscape architecture--Alberta--Kananaskis Village--Photographs
- Resorts--Landscape architecture--Alberta--Kananaskis Village--Slides
- Slides
- Starwood Ranch (Aspen, Colo.)--Landscape architecture--Slides
- Summerlin (Las Vegas, Nev.)--Landscape architecture--Drawings--Photographs
- Technical Plans and Drawings
- Water and Water Rights
- Title
- Design Workshop, Inc. Photographs
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Sara Skindelien
- Date
- ©2010
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Revision Statements
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu