Karen M'Closkey

Biography

B.Arch. with distinction, Southern California Institute of Architecture, (1994)
M.L.A. with distinction, Harvard University (1999)

Karen M'Closkey joined the faculty in 2007. Prior to her appointment at Penn, she was an assistant professor of architecture and Sanders Fellow at the University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning. In 2004 she co-founded PEG office of landscape + architecture, now based in Philadelphia. The firm has been published internationally and won numerous design awards, including an Honorable Mention for their entry into the Buzzard's Bay Bridge: Park international design competition, three AIA awards and an I.D. Magazine award. In 2007, PEG was featured in "Emerging Practices," Architectural Record and Urban Spaces: Squares & Plazas (Barcelona: Carles Broto, 2007). Last year PEG's work is featured in 1000x Architecture of the Americas (Verlagshaus Braun: 2008) and "Remarkable Landscape Architects," in ELA environment & landscape architecture of Korea. This year PEG has three projects featured in the book series Advanced Public Design (Damdi, 2009). M'Closkey is author of a forthcoming book Unearthed: the Landscapes of Hargreaves Associates (University of Pennsylvania Press). M'Closkey is a registered landscape architect.