Claude Cormier on Design: Respect, aka “I’m going to have a little bitchy moment here.” [10 of 10]

The opening of Love Park in Montréal proves to be aggravating rather than celebratory when Cormier learns that he and his team, who designed the project, would neither be seated prominently at the project’s unveiling nor given a speaking role. Cormier urges landscape architects to fight for recognition. As designers landscape architects address social, cultural, economic, and environmental issues through artistry. The profession’s work on small projects creates great value.

[@beatricetaylor1959]

This is so moving. I agree 100%. We need to demand more acknowledgment from the general public, politicians and publications. This has happened to me so many times when I worked on public projects. In residential landscape architecture, I often see article sin architectural magazines and newspapers that applaud the architects, but give no credit at all to the landscape architects even though there are many photos in the article highlighting the landscape (this has happened to me numerous times). I also see design/build companies showing photos of a project that they built (but did not design), with no credit given to the actual designer (this has happened to me). It often irks me that the photographer who showed up one day to snap a photo of the finished project gets their name prominently on display in the photo credit, and my name is no where to be seen as the designer of that project.

[@klieglamp]

He's so right . . .