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Royal
Designer for Industry
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute
MA Landscape Architecture
MA Modern History
Kim had an intense introduction to landscape. He grew up in the Malaysian jungle and Iraqi desert before being sent to school in southern England. Having studied history at Oxford and environmental design at the University of California, Berkeley, Kim set up his landscape studio in London in 1989. He is fascinated by the link between land and culture and between memory and imagination.
Kim continues to teach sporadically at Berkeley; writes optimistically about land and place; and meddles in various national committees on landscape and environmental policy in the UK.
Recent projects include sculptural meadows around Winchester and the Orpheus landform at Boughton. In London projects cover the Chelsea Barracks redevelopment, the Thames Landscape Strategy, the V&A Museum Garden, Hyde Park Corner and projects for Imperial College. Abroad Kim is working for New York University at Villa La Pietra in Florence and for Longwood Gardens in Pennysylvania.
2011 American Society of Landscape Architects - Penn/Del
Merit Award for Design
2010 American Society of Landscape Architects - New Jersey Honor Award
2006 Europa Nostra - Highly Commended for the V&A Courtyard Garden
2003 RIBA and Civic Trust Awards for Blackwell Arts & Crafts Museum,
Cumbria
1999 United States EDRA Award for Place Design
1897-97 Country Life Centenary Award
1996 Royal Town Planning Institute - Planning achievement in London
1984 American Society of Landscape Architects - California State Award
advisory positions
2006
John Gummer and Zac Goldsmith Quality of Life Policy Group
2000-2005 Mayor of London's Public Realm Advisory Group
2000-2006 English Heritage - Urban Panel
2000-02 The Royal Parks Advisory Board
1999- 2005 The National Trust - Gardens Advisory Panel
1996-00 Heritage Lottery Fund - Urban Parks Programme
1995-97 Secretary of State for the Environment's Thames Advisory Group
1994-99 Garden History Society Council
1992-96 Thames Landscape Strategy (Hampton to Kew) Steering Committee
