The contemporary garden (Hardcover) has new "Design"

The editors of Phaidon Press continue to impress me. You make the strict work seems simple. In its latest publication, they solve the contemporary garden an encyclopedic amount of material [such as the English garden] and distill them into an easy-to-read photo essay. In this case, the treatise about the development of the modern garden between the early 1920s is until today.

As some readers have discovered, a garden is not always related to a front or back lawn with beautiful flowers. Often, it is a vast expanse of land in nearby residential apartment or a public building. The type of the landscape treatment usually used for these spaces it reflects the aesthetic philosophy of the artist, architect or landscape architect responsible for the design. This style can be in the modern trends reflected. From this perspective, this book provides a historical summary of the modern movement in art, sculpture and architecture in landscape planning.

The book covers many of the pioneering contemporary gardens, including those of sculptor Constantin Brancusi, landscape architect architect Masuno, architect Frank Gherry and designer Piet Oudolf garden. Hundred gardens, in this book represented stand the two of this editor. The first is the waterfall Grotto located under Frank Lloyd Wright home "Falling Waters" in Pennsylvania, United States. Mr. Wright decided to for the natural prejudice, by position, that at home directly above a waterfall. The second is the landscape architect Claude Cormier outdoor installation titled "Blue Stick Garden". Originally in Canada for the Metis international horticultural Expo, it moved to Hestercombe gardens in Somerset UK where it gained additional fame for his boldness and liveliness.

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