Re: A bit OT but not that much
- Subject: Re: A bit OT but not that much
- From: n* &* l*
- Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 14:16:21 -0700
The book "Invisible Gardens: The Search for Modernism in the American
Landscape" by Peter Walker and Melanie Simo fits the bill perfectly--it
profiles many of the formative greats of Modernist Landscape Architecture:
Barragan, Noguchi, Eckbo, Burle-Marx,Church--and also has pictures.
on 7/2/02 9:44 PM, Nan Sterman at 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
