The monograph showcases the gardens and landscapes designed by Spanish designer Fernando Caruncho, celebrated for his serene compositions that blend natural forms and geometric principles. It highlights his recent projects in the United States, including landscapes in New Jersey and Florida, reflecting his international acclaim and unique design philosophy.
How would you describe the garden of your dreams? Gordon Taylor and Guy Cooper have found more than 150 gardens that could be called visionary, magical, beautiful, mysterious, witty, and bizarre. They are located in countries as diverse as Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Canada, Belgium, Italy, Mexico, and Australia. Some are based on myths and allegories from the ancient world; others grew out of a passion for a single type of plant. Some reflect high culture; others are folksy or kitsch. Ideas have taken on a new life as extravagant topiaries in Ecuador, a formal Renaissance garden in France, giant wooden hands rising from a small hillside garden in California, and a garden of 1500 roses in Somerset planted in order of their introduction into western Europe. Each of these gardens is an extraordinary example of a person's innermost, all-consuming fantasy come to life. 192 pages, 165 color illus., 9 x 11. NEW IN PAPERBACK
This is a collection of photographs of over 100 of the buildings in the care of the Landmark Trust. Each building is a gem, delicately restored and furnished to retain the aura of age and, in many cases, the eccentricity of its origins.
The subtitle of this oversized ode to garden design is captivating. The authors, renowned British designers, explore industrial aesthetics, including plastics and high-tech concepts like artificial fog and fiber optics, while still appreciating the garden's potential wildness and site-specific possibilities. Flamboyantly photographed and international in scope, this work expands our understanding of gardens, including theoretical ones like the Garden of Cosmic Speculation in Scotland. Designer Charles Jencks captures nature's essence—curved, warped, and beautifully crinkly—in materials like stainless steel and concrete. This contrasts with Jacques Wirtz's classic redesign of the Tuileries gardens at the Louvre and Jack Lenor Larsen's perspective-skewered red garden on Long Island, showcasing the diversity and artistry of contemporary garden design. Cooper and Taylor guide us through 20 exciting public and private gardens, beginning with the influence of three great contemporary designers: Barragan, Noguchi, and Roberto Burle Marx. One standout is Robert Irwin's Lower Central Garden at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, where his mantra, inscribed in stone, encapsulates the essence of the unusual gardens featured in this elegant book: "A sculpture in the form of a garden aspiring to be art."
Restposten an Weltbild und Fourier verkauft! Eine Flut ungewöhnlicher Entwürfe und Projekte für Gärten und Landschaften empfängt den Leser. Sie provozieren den Betrachter und öffnen ihm die Augen für eine längst begonnene Entwicklung in der Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur, die dem beliebigen Design durchdachte und ästhetische Gestaltungslösungen entgegensetzt. Projekte namhafter Gartenarchitekten aus den USA, Frankreich, Deutschland, Spanien, Neuseeland und Brasilien sowie anderen Ländern zeigen, wie vielfältig die Gärten von morgen sein können. Das Buch ist ein Plädoyer für den unkonventionellen Umgang mit Pflanzen, Materialien, Formen und Farben. Die Bilder und Texte inspirieren zur eigenen Gestaltung anregender Gärten und Landschaften.
