Richard Weller, the Meyerson Chair of Urbanism, chair of PennDesign’s department of landscape architecture and co-executive director of The Ian L. McHarg Center for Ecology and Urbanism, has been named to the roster of “Most Admired Educators” in landscape architecture by DesignIntelligence. The department of landscape architecture earned PennDesign the second spot in the nation among the “Top 25 Most Admired Schools” and “Most Hired From Schools” for landscape architecture. The department of architecture ranked 11th on the list for graduate study.

Dr. Weller is recognized for “pushing boundaries and thought in a variety of directions” and for his “distinctive interpretation of contemporary landscape and urbanism.”