Overview
Project name: Aldo Leopold Legacy Center
Project owner: The Aldo Leopold Foundation, Inc.
Location: Baraboo WI
Architect:
The Kubala Washatko Architects, Inc.
Full project profile:
http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=946
Published in 1949 as the finale to A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold's "Land Ethic" set the stage for the modern conservation movement. Leopold's philosophy included the belief that the idea of community should be enlarged to include, in his words, "collectively: the land." This includes nonhuman elements such as soils, waters, plants, and animals.
The headquarters for the Aldo Leopold Foundation, the Legacy Center includes office and meeting spaces, an interpretive hall, an archive, and a workshop organized around a central courtyard. Built where Leopold died fighting a brush fire in 1948, the Legacy Center also provides a trailhead to the original Leopold Shack.
