Wrightscapes

Berdeana Louise Aguar, 80, of Duluth, GA died June 18, 2008. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 11AM at Bill Head Funeral Home.

Berdeana was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Charles E. Aguar and her eldest son, C. David Aguar. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Cathy and Jon Payne of Johns Creek; sons, Rick Aguar of Asheville, N.C., Daniel Aguar of Athens and Kenneth Aguar of Athens; grandchildren, Matthew Brown of Athens, Kiley Aguar of Athens, Forrest Aguar of Atlanta, Nathan Aguar of Athens and Tessa Aguar of Asheville, N.C.; brother, Dr. James Robert Benson of Jacksonville, Fl.

My family and I have launched this website  so that WRIGHTSCAPES can remain available to all those who wish to purchase it. The publishing rights have been reverted back to me from McGraw Hill who has stopped printing the book. It will be available soon through this website. Watch this space for an announcement.
Questions?  info@wrightscapes.net

The co-authors of Wrightscapes came to this project uniquely prepared for the task at hand. One possessed the well-founded savvy of an experienced landscape architect and city planner who had collaborated with architects over a long period of time; the other has extensive writing expertise. They also shared more than a half-century of avocational interest in the subject matter and spent the better part of the last decade conducting travel-field investigations and supportive research, evaluating and interpreting findings, and developing the Wrightscapes manuscript.

Charles E. Aguar (deceased) distinguished himself in three areas of his professional life, as an educator, a landscape architect, and a city planner. He was Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture at the University of Georgia, a charter member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and a member of the Society for American City and Regional Planning History. He was very active in historical and cultural initiatives across the country, earning awards and grants from the American Planning Association, the National Endowment for the Arts, and many other organizations.

Berdeana Aguar collaborated with her husband on the writing of many of his works during the five decades of their marriage and began working full-time on Wrightscapes in 1994. She is a scriptwriter for commercial videos and documentary films, with clients that include The Nature Conservancy, the University of Georgia School of Environmental Design, Mitsubishi, the American Arbitration Association, WSB-TV,and PBS.