Richard Lewis Haag left a profound legacy in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.
The Cultural Landscape Foundation published an obituary in celebration of the life and accomplishments of Richard Lewis Haag, "a teacher, mentor, advocate, and celebrated landscape architect," who died on May 9, 2018.
"He will be remembered for several projects that remain as icons in the field of landscape architecture—including Seattle's Gas Works Park and the Bloedel Reserve—and for the personal generosity he showed as a teacher and mentor."
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