Leonard Mirin

Associate Professor

Department

Architecture

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Academic Research Areas

Landscape architecture
Urbanism

For more than a decade, Leonard Mirin served as chairman of the Cornell Campus Planning Committee. He was recently honored with the Award of Distinction for Long-Term Excellence as an Educator of Landscape Architecture by the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.

Mirin grew up in New York City and graduated from Columbia University, where he studied civil engineering and American literature. As one of the first group of Peace Corps volunteers, he worked for two years as a teacher in the rural Philippines. He earned his master of landscape architecture degree from the University of Michigan.

Academic Research Areas

Landscape architecture
Urbanism

Publications

Landscapes By Fire: Design Responses To An Unpredictable Event

CELA Proceedings
Invisible Gardens

Peter Walker/Melanie, Architronic: The Electronic Journal of Architecture
Playground For All Children Manual

With graduate students and Charles Lewis and Linda Meyer

Classes

Elements, Principles, and Theories in Japanese Architecture and Gardens

ARCH 3309
History of American Landscape Architecture

ARCH 3819/LANAR 5250
The Modern Landscape

ARCH 3308/ARCH 6308
History of European Landscape Architecture: Pathways to the Modern European Landscape

ARCH 3819/LANAR 5240
Tales of Two Cities Modern Landscape Architecture in New York and Paris

ARCH 3909

Selected Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

East Asia Society Grant

Corporate Meditations: The New Japanese Urban Park
Greenport, New York Waterfront Park Competition

Selected for Exhibition
Registered Landscape Architect

New York State, License No. 804
East Asia Society Grant

On the Trail of the Modern: Contemporary Japanese Landscape Architecture
New York State Department of Parks and Recreation Grant

Development of Model Playground Apparatus for All Children