Wilbur David Cook (June 19, 1869 – February 27, 1938), or Wilbur D. Cook Jr., was an American landscape architect and urban planner from Atlanta.
[1][2] According to a report by the Environmental Planning Branch of Caltrans, Cook was the first trained landscape architect/city planner to work in the Los Angeles area.
Just prior to his move to Southern California he had worked with Charles Mulford Robinson on the park plan for the City of Oakland Cook's master plan for Beverly Hills was a radical departure from the monotonous grid patterns of [Henry] Huntington's and other developments on the one hand, and the somewhat exotic plans such as those for Naples and Venice [California] on the other.
His plan was firmly based on the concepts of the City Beautiful Movement.With the Olmstead firm, Cook had worked on Palos Verdes Estates, and the Panama–California Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego, California.
[5] Cook also designed the original grounds of the Beverly Hills Hotel, with Elmer Grey as the architect.