Beatrix FarrandPrivate Gardens, Public LandscapesWritten by Judith B. TankardFormat: Hardcover On Sale: September 29, 2009 Price: $60.00 Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes presents the life and work of one of the foremost landscape designers of the early 1900s. Born into a prominent New York family (she was the niece of Edith Wharton), Farrand eschewed the traditional social life of the Gilded Age to pursue her passion for... |
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The Colors of NatureSubtropical Gardens by Raymond JunglesWritten by Raymond Jungles, Foreword by Terence RileyFormat: Hardcover On Sale: October 28, 2008 Price: $50.00 In exquisite gardens inspired by the lush native plants of his adopted home of Miami, landscape artist/architect Raymond Jungles uses nature as a means of self-expression. He is known for modernist groupings of geometric shapes, which highlight the natural aspects of plantings, water features, and native stone. His use of plants... |
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Dumbarton OaksWritten by Susan Tamulevich, Ping Amranand and Philip JohnsonFormat: Hardcover On Sale: April 15, 2002 Price: $65.00 The Dumbarton Oaks Research and Study Center in Washington, D.C., administered by Harvard University, is a famed museum and study center specializing in pre-Columbian art, Byzantine studies, and garden history and design. Long known for its museum pavilion, designed by the noted architect Philip Johnson, Dumbarton Oaks sits within one of... |
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Italian GardensRomantic Splendor in the Edwardian AgeWritten by Helena Attlee, Photographed by Charles LathamFormat: Hardcover On Sale: July 7, 2009 Price: $65.00 For centuries, the cardinals, popes, and rulers of Italy have devoted themselves to creating vast villa gardens that represent their wealth and power, provide a calm refuge from city life, and showcase lavish plantings and rare flowers. Here, in over two hundred exquisite photographs—taken during the Edwardian era when these historic... |
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Ken SmithLandscape ArchitectWritten by Ken Smith, Introduction by John BeardsleyFormat: Hardcover On Sale: November 17, 2009 Price: $50.00 Both a landscape designer and a public artist, Ken Smith produces designs that range in scale from small public installations to vast parks. He is known for inventive and imaginative gardens and landscapes, some of which use little or no natural plant material. His projects include public, commercial, and private work... |
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Making the Modern GardenWritten by Christopher Bradley-HoleFormat: Hardcover On Sale: October 4, 2007 Price: $45.00 A superlative analysis of contemporary gardens as well as a fascinating collection of landscapes around the world, Making the Modern Garden is a definitive study of the philosophy and practice of garden design at the outset of the twenty-first century. Author Christopher Bradley-Hole, himself a landscape designer of note, discusses the... |
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MoroccoCourtyards and GardensWritten by Achva Benzinberg SteinFormat: Hardcover On Sale: December 1, 2007 Price: $50.00 In the North African land of Morocco, every dar-dwelling, religious institution, or commercial building is organized around an interior, walled courtyard that provides privacy from the bustle of urban streets and an outdoor space for social interaction and tranquil meditation. Over the course of centuries, ornamental schemes have evolved to incorporate... |
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OlinPlacemakingWritten by Laurie Olin, Dennis C. McGlade, Robert J. Bedell, Lucinda R. Sanders and Susan K. WeilerFormat: Hardcover On Sale: September 30, 2008 Price: $65.00 With increased attention to sustainability and environmental concerns, landscape architects now lead teams of urban planners and architects in developing new outdoor space and reconfiguring existing designs. As the preeminent landscape architecture firm in the United States, Olin is at the forefront of this movement with completed projects across the country... |
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OutdoorsThe Garden Design Book for the Twenty-First CenturyWritten by Diarmuid Gavin and Terence ConranFormat: Hardcover On Sale: November 1, 2007 Price: $60.00 The ultimate garden design book: a visual delight covering all aspects of working and living in your garden with stunning photographs of gardens from around the world. The contemporary garden carries a profound connection both to the environment and to the range of activities—relaxing, entertaining, working—that characterize today's lifestyle. A collaboration between... |
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Paradise TransformedThe Private Garden for the Twenty-First CenturyWritten by Guy Cooper and Gordon TaylorFormat: Hardcover On Sale: December 1, 1997 Price: $50.00 The last two decades have seen a great explosion in the diversity, functionality, and beauty of modern garden design. The first major survey of contemporary private gardens, this book explores the imaginative ideas behind landscape design today. Lush color photographs, supported by plans, drawings, and lively commentary, thoroughly document gardens by... |
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Roman GardensVillas of the CountrysideWritten by Marcello Fagiolo, Photographed by Roberto SchezenFormat: Hardcover On Sale: April 1, 1997 Price: $65.00 Roman Gardens: Villas of the Countryside is the first in a two-volume set; the second, Roman Gardens: Villas of the City, was published in 1998. In this volume, photographer Roberto Schezen, together with Italian art historian Marcello Fagiolo, explores the fantastic villas and great gardens located within a thirty-mile radius around... |
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Royal Gardens of EuropeWritten by George PlumptreFormat: Hardcover On Sale: September 22, 2005 Price: $50.00 Versailles, Nymphenburg, Hampton Court, Schonbrunn, Het Loo -- some of the most famous gardens in history were created by European royalty during the last three hundred years. This rich showcase of Europe's most prestigious estates presents the history, design, and culture of the landscapes created for aristocracy from the seventeenth through... |
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Terrestrial ParadiseWritten by Ovidio GuaitaFormat: Hardcover On Sale: February 1, 1999 Price: $60.00 Terrestrial paradise and primeval garden, Eden represents an ideal of innocence and perfection that can only be aspired to today. Yet it has remained a conceptual prototype for gardens worldwide: a place of well-being isolated from the stress of daily life. Writer and photographer Ovidio Guaita has spent ten years preparing... |
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