Walter J. Hood

**Walter J. Hood** (born 1958) nyɛla  Americanima nuchee ni baŋda mini shikuru baŋda. O nyɛla ʒiba kuro zaŋ n-ti landscape architecture din be University of California, Berkeley, mini "principal" kuro zaŋ n-ti **Hood Design Studio** in Oakland, California.  

## Piligu biɛhigu Early life and education
Walter J. Hood nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so yuuni 1958 tiŋ yuli booni Charlotte, North Carolina ni ka o zoogi.

## Projects

*EPACenter Arts site design, East Palo Alto, California, 2019–ongoing
*Witness Walls, public art installation, Nashville, Tennessee, 2017
*International African American Museum Landscape Design, Charleston, South Carolina, 2013–present
*Foster Homestead and Burial Ground, South Lawn, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2008
*Coleman Avenue Gateway, San Jose International Airport, San Jose Public Art Program, San Jose, California, 2007
*West Oakland Historic Train Depot Plaza, Oakland, California, 2008
*Phillip Lifeways Plan, Charleston, South Carolina, Spoleto Art Program, 2006
*Autry National Center Southwest Museum Landscape, Los Angeles, California, 2008
*East Bay Waterfront Trail, Oakland, California, with EDAW and Associates, City of Oakland, Oakland, California, 2002–
*M. H. de Young Museum Landscape Design, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, 2005; with Herzog & de Meuron Architects
*Lion Creek Crossing Park, Oakland, California, EBALC, 2006
*Macon Yards, Poplar Street, City of Macon, Georgia, 2005
*Abraham Lincoln Brigade Memorial, w/ Ann Chamberlain, Embarcadero, San Francisco, California, 2007
*Yerba Buena Lane, San Francisco, California; with the Office of Cheryl Barton, 2005
*Splash Pad Park Renovation and Streetscape Improvement Project, City of Oakland, Oakland, California 2004

## Awards
*Dorothy and Lillian Gish Award, 2019
*MacArthur Fellowship: MacArthur Foundation, 2019
*American Academy of Arts and Letters: Arts and Letters Award in Architecture, 2017
*University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning: Dean's Medal, 2014
*Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum National Design Award for Landscape Design, 2009
*Virginia Key Beach Museum Competition, Miami Fl/1st Prize w/Huff and Gooden Architects 2005/Merit Award, ASLA, Northern Chapter
*Oakland Waterfront 2005/Top Honor Award, Excellence on the Waterfront
*Waterfront Center Award, Oakland Waterfront, October 2004/APWA 2004 Distinguished Project of the Year Award
*Splash Pad Park/Mayor's Proclamation, "Walter Hood Day", Pioneering Achievements in Urban Landscape Design, City of Oakland, April 24, 2004/National Award of Honor American Society of Landscape Architecture, 2003
*Project: Baldwin Hills Master Plan 2001/Best of the Best, California Park and Recreation Society 2002
*Project: Lafayette Square Park/Merit Award, ASLA Southern California Chapter
*Project: Baldwin Hills Master Plan 2001/Place Design Award, EDRA/Places, Third Annual Award 1999
*Project: Lafayette Square Park. Poplar Street Civic Design Competition, First Prize. Macon, Georgia. Jan. 1998
*Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture, The American Academy in Rome, 1996–1997.
*"Urban Diaries" and "Jazz and Blues Landscape Improvisations", American Society of Landscape Architecture National Award of Merit: Research, 1994
*Mount Vernon Riverfront Plan, Community Development Award State of Washington, 1988
*Design Arts Competition, Merit Award, 1988
*University of California Arboretum at Davis/ASLA Certificate For Excellence in the study of Landscape Design, 1987
*Thomas Church Design Award for Excellence in Landscape Design/Department of Landscape Architecture at Berkeley, 1987

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* Design Culture Now, National Design Triennial, Princeton Architectural Press, NY, 2000
* Everyday Urbanism, Urban Diaries: Improvisation in West Oakland, CA. Monacelli Press, Inc., 1999. ISBN

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## External links
* Hood Design Studio
* Walter J. Hood, UC Berkeley faculty