Faculty + Staff
Lance Neckar
Department Head and Professor
- MLA, Harvard University
- MALA, University of Wisconsin
Professor Lance Neckar is, with Professor David Pitt, the co-editor of Landscape Journal, the North American academic journal of the field. His most recent applied research has focused on transportation, integrative infrastructure and urban design. Neckar was the principal investigator and lead author of the Transportation section of the Minnesota State Conservation Plan for the Legislative and Citizens Commission on Minnesota Resources. Neckar was also a co-Principal Investigator for Moving Communities Forward, a multidisciplinary investigation of metrics and best design practices for transportation projects and community enhancement sponsored by the American Institute of Architects and managed by the Center for Transportation Studies.
He also retains his research and teaching interests in the history and theory of landscape architecture.
Recent Publications
- Berlin: Topology of Contemplation in Contemporary Landscapes of Contemplation, ed. Rebecca Krinke, Routledge, 2005
- Polity and Politeness at Castle Howard, Baroque Garden Cultures: Emulation, Sublimation, Subversion: Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium Series in the History of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University
- Introduction to HWS Cleveland’s Landscape Architecture, as Applied to the Wants of the West, Library of America Landscape History, University of Massachusetts
Recognition
- AIA Education Honor Award [with John Comazzi and Vince deBritto]
- Center for Transportation Studies Faculty Scholar
- Founding Fellow, Institute on the Environment
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Wisconsin
- MASLA Lob Pine Award
- MASLA Honor Award, Main Street Menomonie
- Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Outstanding Educator Award
- College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Ralph Rapson Teaching Award
- College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Roy Jones Research Award
Courses
- LA 5413: History of Landscape Architecture
- LA 8205, 8404: Urban Option Studio
- Directed Studies, MS advising