Dr. Lolly Tai


General Information


Occupation: Landscape Architect

Birth City: Taiwan

Resident City: Philadelphia

Resident State/Province: Pennsylvania

Resident Country: United States

Sources: Temple University Ambler CSC Experts List (http://www.ambler.temple.edu/csc/experts/tai.htm) ; Personal Response


Specialties


Subject: Sustainable Landscape Design


Subject: Computer Application in Design


Subject: Service Learning


Jobs


Employer: Robert Lamb Hart, Architects Planners and Landscape Architects

Title: Landscape Architect

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States

Start Date: 1979

End Date: 1988

Notes: Involved with more than 50 major projects along the Coastal States


Employer: Clemson University

Title: Professor of Landscape Architecture

City: Clemson

State: South Carolina

Country: United States

Start Date: 1988

End Date: 2002

Notes: First Landscape Architecture faculty hired in their new program.


Employer: Governor's School of South Carolina at the College of Charleston

Title: Teacher

City: Charleston

State: South Carolina

Country: United States

Start Date: 1991

End Date: 1998

Notes: Taught for 8 consecutive summers and conducted a Maymester course abroad at Myerscough College in the United Kingdom


Employer: Temple University Ambler (TUA)

Title: Department Chair and Professor

City: Ambler

State: Pennsylvania

Country: United States

Start Date: 2002

Notes: present


Employer: Lolly Tai, Landscape Architect

Title: Landscape Architect

City: Philadelphia

State: Pennsylvania

Country: United States

Start Date: 1988

Notes: Owner of Firm


Collaborators


No collaborators on record


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards


Name: Presidents Award of Excellence

Description: Communication: Landscape Architecture Documentary and Educational Videos (by the South Carolina Chapter of the ASLA)

Date Received: 2002

Notes: The Tri-State American Society of Landscape Architects


Name: Merit Award

Description: Design: StillWater Community

Date Received: 2002

Notes: The Tri-State American Society of Landscape Architects


Name: Merit Award

Description: Design: the Cadet Life Garden in the South Carolina Botanical Garden

Date Received: 2002

Notes: Given by the Tri-State American Society of Landscape Architects


Name: Merit Award

Description: Communication: Tree Conservation and Home Site Development Guide

Date Received: 2002

Notes: Tri-State American Society of Landscape Architects


Name: Merit Award

Description: Research: Assessing the Impact of Computer Use on Landscape Architecture Professional Practice

Date Received: 2001

Notes: South Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects


Name: Merit Award

Description: Communication: Landscape Design for Energy Efficiency

Date Received: 2001

Notes: South Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects


Name: Honor Award

Description: Outstanding Protection of Natural Resources: Ramsey Creek Preserve, Westminster, SC

Date Received: 1999

Notes: South Carolina Department of Land Resources


Name: Honorable Mention

Description: Planning and Design: StillWater Community, Seneca, SC

Date Received: 1998

Notes: South Carolina Department of Land Resources


Name: Merit Award

Description: Design: Xeriscape Interpretive Garden, Hilton Head Island, SC

Date Received: 1996

Notes: National Landscape Association


Name: Honor Award

Description: Design: Xeriscape Interpretive Garden, Hilton Head, SC

Date Received: 1995

Notes: South Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects


Name: Honorable Mention

Description: Design: Xeriscape Interpretive Garden, Hilton Head Island, SC

Date Received: 1994

Notes: South Carolina Department of Land Resources


Exhibitions


No exhibitions on record


Notable Projects


No projects on record


Education


Institution: Cornell University

Degree: Bachelors of Science in Landscape Architecture

Start Date: 1973

End Date: 1977


Institution: Harvard University

Degree: Masters in Landscape Architecture

Start Date: 1977

End Date: 1979


Institution: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh College of Art

Degree: Ph. D.

Start Date: 1997

End Date: 2001


Licensing


No licenses on record


Professional Affiliations


Organization: American Society of Landscape Architects

Role: Member of Continuing Education Committee

Start Date: 1986


Organization: American Society of Landscape Architects

Role: President. South Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (SCASLA)

Start Date: 1998

End Date: 1999


Organization: American Society of Landscape Architects

Role: Secretary, South Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

Start Date: 1997

End Date: 1998


Organization: American Society of Landscape Architects

Role: Executive Committee Member. South Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Start Date: 1992

End Date: 1999


Publications By


Title: "Building to Learn"

Co-author: B. Lamba

Publication: Landscape Architecture

Volume: 93

Issue: 3 (March 2003)

Page: 50-55,86-87

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Title: "Assessing the Impact of Computer Use on Landscape Architecture Professional Practice: Efficiency, Effectiveness and Design Creativity"

Publication: LA Journal (In Press)

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Title: "Chasing the Computer Revolution"

Publication: Landscape Architecture

Volume: 92

Issue: 5 (May 2002)

Page: 58-61, 102-103

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Title: "Linking Universities and K-12 Through Design of Outdoor Learning Environments"

Co-author: M. Haque

Publication: Selected Papers from the 13th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning

Page: 65-74

City: Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Florida Community College, Jacksonville

State: Florida

Country: United States


Publications About


Title: Sustainable Landscape Design

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Title: Computer Application in Design

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Title: Service Learning

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