Scott Mehaffey

Phone 312-401-4296
smehaffe@iit.edu
www.scottmehaffeyinc.com

Courses taught

LA 497 The Prairie School
LA 497-01 Midcentury Modernism

Expertise

Scott specializes in context-sensitive landscape architecture, including historic preservation and contemporary design. He typically works as a design team member with architects, engineers and project specialists. His current practice includes public, institutional, commercial and residential planning and design - as well as land inventories, inspections, analyses and feasibility studies. Scott has completed landscapes for many historically-significant properties in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, and has completed cultural landscape reports and historic landscape maintenance manuals. With 30 years of professional experience, Scott writes, teaches and presents on a variety of landscape topics for both general and professional audiences.

Education

Master of Science, Dominican University, 2003
Graduate Studies in Historic Preservation, University of Illinois, 1987-88
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois, 1987

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago IL, 2015-present

Guest Lecturer, University of Illinois Department of Landscape Architecture, 1995-present (intermittent)

Instructor, Chicago Botanic Garden, 2004-present (intermittent)
Instructor, Illinois Landscape Contractors Association, 2000-present (intermittent)
Instructor, The Morton Arboretum, 1999-present (intermittent)

Professional Experience

Principal, Scott Mehaffey Landscape Architect LLC, Flossmoor IL, 2014-present.
Executive Vice President, Sage Vertical Garden Systems, Chicago IL, 2010-2014.
Landscape Coordinator, City of Chicago, 2008-2010.
Design Department Manager, Craig Bergmann Landscape Design, Wilmette IL, 2005-2008.
Landscape Architect, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle IL, 1993-2005.
Landscape Architect, Jacobs/Ryan Associates, Chicago IL, 1989-1993.
Landscape Architect, Scott Byron & Co, Lake Forest IL, 1988-89.

Licenses

Registered Landscape Architect in the State of Illinois, 1991-present.

Selected Publications, Exhibits, and Recent Research

publications
Street Revitalization Plan for the City of Princeton, IL. April 2017. http://www.princeton-il.com/DocumentCenter/View/684.
Chicagoland Gardening, January 2017. “What’s the Big Idea? Ten Trends for 2017.”
Chicagoland Gardening, July/August 2016. “Living Walls for the Home Gardener.”
Chicagoland Gardening, March/Apr 2016. “Next-Gen Pavers.”

exhibits
March 13-22, 2015. Chicago Flower & Garden Show, “A Classic Rose Garden.”
Summer, 1997. Lake Forest College, “The Farms at Fifty: Robert Allerton’s Country Estate.”

research
Landscape Maintenance Manual for Riverside IL, 2000.
Midcentury Modernism in the Chicago Southland (in process)