In gardens : profiles of contemporary European landscape architecture

A masterly presentation of gardens The past decade has witnessed new interpretations of the great themes of traditional European garden art in profusion. Drawing on his intensive studies of some 30 influential European projects, Udo Weilacher presents a panorama of the most significant developments since the publication of his groundbreaking work Between Landscape Architecture and Land Art in 1996. Examples of the cooperation between landscape designers and architects are given special attention in case studies taken from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. In addition, US landscape designer Kathryn Gustafson, artists such as Dani Karavan, and the architectural theorist Charles Jencks are featured, along with their European works. * Profoundly informative first-hand account by a leading international authority * A selection of projects by top international landscape designers * Presents examples of interdisciplinary cooperation between architects, artists and landscape architects Front Matter....Pages 1-11 Reading in gardens....Pages 13-20 Garden of Cosmic Speculation near Dumfries....Pages 22-27 Little Sparta in Stonypath....Pages 28-33 Garden of the AMU professional training centre in Holstebro....Pages 34-37 Interpolis Garden in Tilburg....Pages 38-42 District Parks in Bijlmermeer near Amsterdam....Pages 43-47 Varus Battle Museum and Park in Bramsche-Kalkriese....Pages 48-53 Black Garden in Nordhorn....Pages 54-58 Invalidenpark in Berlin....Pages 59-64 Garden of Memories in Duisburg....Pages 65-69 Landscape Park Duisburg Nord....Pages 70-74 Museum Island Hombroich....Pages 75-81 Park of Magic Waters in Bad Oeynhausen....Pages 82-86 District Parks in Kronsberg, Hanover....Pages 87-91 Place du Général Leclerc in Tours....Pages 92-95 Place de la Bourse in Lyon....Pages 96-99 Les Jardins de l’Imaginaire in Terrasson....Pages 100-107 Garden of Violence in Murten....Pages 108-113 Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue in Rüschlikon....Pages 114-122 Front Garden and Courtyard for the Basler + Partner Building in Zurich....Pages 123-129 Oerliker Park in Zurich....Pages 130-136 MFO Park in Zurich....Pages 137-141 Garden for the Fondation Jeantet de Médicine in Geneva....Pages 142-146 Osservatorio geologico on the Cardada....Pages 147-151 Mountain Garden in Graz....Pages 152-157 Jardí Botànic de Barcelona....Pages 158-163 Parc del Clot in Barcelona....Pages 164-168 Tarot Garden near Garavicchio....Pages 169-174 Rock Garden in Chandigarh....Pages 175-181 Back Matter....Pages 183-183 Eine souverne Darstellung der einflussreichsten und innovativsten Grten und Parks durch einen der besten Kenner der europischen Landschaftsarchitektur. In den letzten zehn Jahren hat die Landschaftsarchitektur eine Flle neuer Interpretationenber die groen Themen der europischen Gartenkunst hervorgebracht. Aus der intensiven Beschftigung mit mehr als 25 einflussreichen Projekten entwirft Udo Weilacher ein Panorama der wichtigsten Tendenzen. Einer der Schwerpunkte, die anhand von Grten und Parks aus Deutschland, der Schweiz, Frankreich, Spanien, Dnemark, Grobritannien und den Niederlanden behandelt werden, liegt auf der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Landschaftsarchitekten und Architekten. Auch Knstler wie Dani Karavan, der Architekturtheoretiker Charles Jencks und die Amerikanerin Kathryn Gustafson sind mit eigenen europischen Arbeiten vertreten.

The past decade has witnessed new interpretations of the great themes of traditional European garden art in profusion. Drawing on his intensive studies of some 30 influential European projects, Udo Weilacher presents a panorama of the most significant developments since the publication of his groundbreaking work Between Landscape Architecture and Land Art in 1996.

Examples of the cooperation between landscape designers and architects are given special attention in case studies taken from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. In addition, US landscape designer Kathryn Gustafson, artists such as Dani Karavan, and the architectural theorist Charles Jencks are featured, along with their European works.

The past decade has witnessed new interpretations of the great themes of traditional European garden art in profusion. Drawing on his intensive studies of some 30 influential European projects, Udo Weilacher presents a panorama of the most significant developments since the publication of his groundbreaking work Between Landscape Architecture and Land Art in 1996.

Examples of the cooperation between landscape designers and architects are given special attention in case studies taken from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. In addition, US landscape designer Kathryn Gustafson, artists such as Dani Karavan, and the architectural theorist Charles Jencks are featured, along with their European works.

"In a journey through Europe in 27 chapters, along with an excursion to Chandigarh in India, the author reviews his visits to just as many gardens. The starting-point for the journeys and basis for the descriptions is the "Gardens" column of the Neue Zurcher Zeitung's monthly NZZ Folio magazine, where many of the essays appeared for the first time." "With the eye of the landscape architect, Udo and Rita Weilacher have photographed the parks and gardens designed by their colleagues, but also by architects and artists. An impressive picture of contemporary garden art emerges, in portraits bearing a personal stamp and at the same time informed with considerable professional experience."--Jacket The past decade has witnessed a profound transformation in European landscape architecture, away from the formal, centrally-planned garden art that hallmarks traditional European parks, toward projects, often the result of interdisciplinary cooperation between architects, artists, and landscape architects, of a more informal, almost exploratory, nature. In Gardens examines more than thirty of the most influential recent landscape projects in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland, and from designers like Kathryn Gustafson, Dani Karavan, and Charle In den letzten zehn Jahren hat die Landschaftsarchitektur eine Fülle neuer Interpretationen über die großen Themen der europäischen Gartenkunst hervorgebracht. In persönlich geprägten und von großer professioneller Erfahrung getragenen Porträts entwirft Udo Weilacher ein eindrucksvolles Bild aktueller Gartenkunst Eine souveräne Darstellung der einflussreichsten und innovativsten Gärten und Parks durch einen der besten Kenner der europäischen Landschaftsarchitektur. In den letzten zehn Jahren hat die Landschaftsarchitektur eine Fülle neuer A garden rendezvous one Scottish November.