Re: A bit OT but not that much
- Subject: Re: A bit OT but not that much
- From: J* D*
- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:20:09 -0700 (PDT)
Look at Thomas Church, early Lawrence Halprin, Garrett
Eckbo, early Sasaki Walker and Associates, and perhaps
the greatest, Roberto Burle Marx. Also, Jean Canneel
(Belgian modernist) and Burton Associates (in SD:
Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla). As I recall, the
Eameses seem to have had lots of plants inside and
outside their house in LA, so horticultural austerity
was not de rigueur among all those modernistas.
I would argue not to try to match the 50's look
exactly.
--- Nan Sterman <nsterman@plantsoup.com> wrote:
> Here's a Q that is a bit off topic ..
>
> I have a friend who is relandscaping a home that is
> done in 1950s
> Moderne and wants the landscape to be consistent
> with the home. She
> is very influenced by the Case Study houses and has
> been looking at
> books of photos of those homes for landscape
> inspiration. The
> problem is, those books (and the homes) focus on
> architecture not
> landscape so there are glimpses of plants placed
> austerrely inside
> and adjacent to the homes but no photos of the
> general landscapes
> popular then. It seems to me that they relied
> heavily on flat planes
> of grass and slopes covered in ice plant but beyond
> that, I am at a
> loss to help her. Does anyone have any suggestions
> for where to find
> photos or which landscape designers to research for
> that era?
>
> Thanks
>
> N
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