In the 193Os and 1940s a group of talented and daring designers began to transform the landscapes of the world, in America, Garrett Eckbo liberated the formal axis of the traditional Beaux-Arts style with hi s asym m etrical an d curyilin ear g ardens. Thom as Church, best known for his work at the Donnell garden, Sonoma, and influenced by Art Deco and Cubism, created organic and zigzag shapes, with vegetation used as a structural material. Mexican designer Luis Barragan dazzled and surprised with his use of colour, monolithic walls and wateT channels. And, conceiving gardens as abstract paintings and making skilful use of his native Brazilian flora, Roberto Burle Marx dominated the landscape-design profession for almost half of the twentieth century.
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Brazilian Roberto Burle Marx was indisputably one of the greatest garden and landscape architects of the twentieth century. His distinctive style, incorporating bold, abstract patterns and native flora, still influences garden and landscape projects around the world. In Brazil, he left a legacy of contemporary designers whose work is scarcely known outside the country - until now.
Presenting over thirty new gardens and landscapes located across the country, from the coast to the hills,from the cities to the jungle, New Brazilian Gardens offers an exciting overview of current practice by a wealth of creative designers working in idioms and styles that are varied and individual, but which also acknowledge the genius of Burle Marx.
With the richness of the country's great tradition of modernism and the lushness of its tropical vegetation,here are gardens to inspire everyone. Whether dazzling swimming pools or serene urban escapes, stark minima]ist hardscaping or exuberant planting, the projects i11ustrate the great diversity and dynamism of Brazil's gardens today,but also incorporate universal ideas and details that can be translated to any country.
In a general introduction Roberto Silva considers the evolution of the Brazilian garden since the Co]onial period and examines Burle Marx's influence in the light of current trends. Gardens are then grouped into four sections, Water,Planting, Abstraction and Scu]pture, with each project presented in detail, including descriptions, the designers' own plans and drawings, plant lists and spectacular photographs.
With tropical gardening much in vogue, New Brazilian Gardens provides an inspirational and unrivalled look at contemporary garden and landscape design in Brazil,for professionals, amateur gardeners and garden lovers everywhere.
water
feature
a secluded garden
marcelo faisal
piracaia garden
eduardo luppi
atlante plaza
luiz vieira
the orienta] influence
barbara uccello & maringa pilz
pool
an organic pool
gil fialho
diving into abstraction
jamil jose kfouri
mirror by the sea
sergio menon
an infinite pool
evani kuperman franco
planting
city
planting by the sea
gui]bermina machado
a bo]d romantic garden
iza vieira ruprecht
the trave]]ers' garden
orlando busarello
an ongoing project
anna maria prado dantas
bankboston headquarters
isabe] duprat
country
alto da boa vista farm
isabel duprat
the three valleys
sonia infante
a tropical paradise
luiz carlos orsini
colouring the landscape
marcelo novaes
abstraction
grillo ]utchenberg garden
orlando busare]lo
largo do cafe
ana maria boverio
forma]ity x abstraction
luiz carlos orsini
daccache
suely suchodolsky & elza niero
hot & cold
gilberto elkis
spacious & elegant garder
luciano fiaschi
introduction
sculpture
colour in the landscape
anna luiza rothier
a high-tech garden
gilberto e]kis
dunes
lucia porto
du p]essis residence
marce]o faisal
conjunto nacional
cecilia gorski
inside out
brunete fraccaroli
landscape as art
luciano fiaschi
sculptural formality
alex hanazaki
