David Lose Landscape Architecture Papers 2005-2015

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Creator
Lose, David
Size
6 linear feet (2 flat boxes, 1 flat folder)
Call number
MC 00555
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The David Lose Landscape Architecture Papers consists of project files and project plans for several of David Lose's landscape architecture projects dating from 2005 to 2015. These projects are located throughout the Southeastern United States, including Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia. The collection also contains a binder on Lose's career and career highlights.

David Lose, FASLA, was the founder and President Emeritus of the Nashville-based firm Lose & Associates. Lose is known for his planning and implementation of public parks, greenways, and recreational areas. In 1968, he graduated from NC State's College of Design with a B.A. in Landscape Architecture. One of his more notable projects was the 125,000 acre Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area located on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau. Other projects include Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in Kentucky and Tennessee, and the Gateway Trail greenway system in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Lose was elected Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in 1992, received many ASLA Excellence Awards, was a past chair of the National Recreation and Park Association Board of Trustees and also the Tennessee State Board of Architects, Engineers and Interior Designers. Lose retired in 2008 and sold his firm to four of his associates. He died in June 2017.

Biographical/historical note

David Lose, FASLA, was the founder and President Emeritus of the Nashville-based firm Lose & Associates. Lose is known for his planning and implementation of public parks, greenways, and recreational areas. In 1968, he graduated from NC State's College of Design with a B.A. in Landscape Architecture. One of his more notable projects was the 125,000 acre Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area located on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau. Other projects include Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in Kentucky and Tennessee, and the Gateway Trail greenway system in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Lose was elected Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in 1992, received many ASLA Excellence Awards, was a past chair of the National Recreation and Park Association Board of Trustees and also the Tennessee State Board of Architects, Engineers and Interior Designers. Lose retired in 2008 and sold his firm to four of his associates. He died in June 2017.

Scope/content

The David Lose Landscape Architecture Papers consists of project files and project plans for several of David Lose's landscape architecture projects dating from 2005 to 2015. These projects are located throughout the Southeastern United States, including Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia. The collection also contains a binder on Lose's career and career highlights.

Arrangement

Arranged by project.

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The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], David Lose Landscape Architecture Papers, MC 00555, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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Source of acquisition

Gift of David Lose, 2015 (Accession 2015.0105)

Processing information

Processed by: Gwynn Thayer and Jessica Serrao, June 2015; machine-readable finding aid by: Gwynn Thayer and Jessica Serrao, June 2015.

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David Lose, FASLA, Landscape Architecture Papers 2015?

HIghlights of Lose's career.

Flat box 2, Folder 1
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area Master Plan Design Memorandum No. 7, volume II undated
Big SouthFork National River and Recreation Area (Tenn. and Ky.)
Flat box 1
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area: Blue Heron Supplement to the Master Plan, volume IV undated
Big SouthFork National River and Recreation Area (Tenn. and Ky.)
Flat box 2
Boxwood Plantation at Rutherford Lea undated
Murfreesboro (Tenn.)
Flat box 2, Folder 2
LBL [Land Between the Lakes]: What is the shape of our future? Preliminary Concepts for a Public Use Plan 1995
Land Between the Lakes (Ky. and Tenn.)
Flat box 2, Folder 2
Meadow's Edge: Plans and Images for the Meadow's Edge Neighborhood after 2004
Franklin (Tenn.)
Flat box 2, Folder 3
Retreat at Northwoods 2005
Murfreesboro (Tenn.)
Flat box 2, Folder 3
Spring Village 2005
Murfreesboro (Tenn.)
Flat box 2, Folder 4
Stonebridge: A Master Planned Residential Community 2006
Lebanon (Tenn.)
Flat box 2, Folder 4
Project Plans - Gateway Trail Greenway System (Murfreesboro, Tennessee) 2007 (2015.0105)
Murfreesboro (Tenn.)
Flat folder 1
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[Identification of item], David Lose Landscape Architecture Papers, MC 00555, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Use of these materials

The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.

The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.