Landplus West Collection

COLLECTION NO.:

17-

SIZE:

ca. 856 sheets of drawings; 4 planning reports

COLLECTION DATES:

1976-1983

PROVENANCE:

Stan Geda, 1984, through the Ball State University Department of Landscape Architecture

RESTRICTIONS:

None

FINDING AIDS:

The collection has been cataloged and can be searched on the ARCAT database or in the card catalog.  An Inventory (PDF) is available.

Historical Sketch

The firm began doing business in 1976 under the name Landplus, landscape architects, with Stan Geda as principal.  Soon the name was changed to Landplus West (LPW)--the "west" in the title reflecting LPW's affiliation with another landscape architecture firm, TMR Associates, located in Hartford, Connecticut.  Initially based in Muncie, LPW moved to Yorktown, Indiana, by 1978.  Partners in the business about that time, in addition to Geda, were Jim Anderson, Tom Stearns, John Russell, and John Kissida.  Deane Rundell, German Cruz, Joe Cascio (a Ball State University alumnus), and Bill Probst (civil engineer) became partners in LPW later on, Rundell serving as managing principal.  Several Ball State landscape architecture students worked at LPW. The firm closed in September 1983, with Geda moving the practice to Tampa, Fla.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of landscape plans and development plans prepared by Landplus West, land planners and landscape architects, ca. 1976-1983.  A wide variety of project types are represented, including housing complexes, health-care facilities, offices, factories, parks, hospitals, school and university facilities, streetscape improvements, a golf course, a post office, and a prairie restoration.  The projects are located in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Tennessee, Connecticut, and Ecuador, South America.

Andrew R. Seager
21 August 2003