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William Reed Landscape Architect Inc.
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ca. 1971-1994
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William Reed Landscape Architect Inc. was formed as a landscape architecture firm by its principal, Vancouver landscape architect William Dale Reed (1946-1994). The firm performed design work for a wide variety of clients, including commercial and residential clients. The focus of the practice was high-end residential clients. From the 1980s, Reed often worked in association with interior designer Robert M. Ledingham, as well as a number of Vancouver architects, such as Dalla-Lana/Griffin.
William Dale Reed was born in 1946 in Mapleton, Oregon. He attended Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, where he studied agriculture and horticulture. Before completing his degree he transferred to the landscape architecture program at the University of Oregon in Eugene.
In 1968, William Reed emigrated to Canada in order to avoid the draft. His first job was with the Vancouver office of John Lantzius, Landscape Architects. When the office downsized in 1969, Reed was offered a position as designer with Southlands Nursery by the nursery's manager, Tony Hansen (Denton F. Hansen). Reed open his own firm around 1971, though he continued to execute garden designs on behalf of Southlands until the late 1970s. Reed worked as a sole practitioner, assisted for a number of years by his wife, Valerie Ann Reed, until his death in 1994.
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Created 2014-12-18, SW
Revised 2020-06-25, KB: changed name of Southland's Nursery manager (see case file)
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Valerie Reed (donor and widow)