Harriet Pattison

Harriet Pattison (October 29, 1928 – October 2, 2023) was an American landscape architect.

Early life and education Pattison was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 29, 1928. She was the youngest of the seven children of William Lawrence and Bonnie Abbott. She attended the Francis Parker School in Chicago. She received a MA in landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in 1967, studying with Ian McHarg, Roberto Burle Marx, M. Paul Friedberg, and others. Pattison also designed a master plan for the The Hershey Company headquarters.

Personal life Her personal relationship with Louis Kahn is described in the 2003 documentary by their son, the film's director, Nathaniel Kahn, My Architect: A Son's Journey. In 2020, she published her and Louis Kahn's correspondences in Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn (Yale University Press, 2020).

Pattison died at home in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, on October 2, 2023, at age 94.