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Gardens in the Modern Landscape: A Facsimile of the Revised 1948 Edition
Christopher Tunnard
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Paperback. Accompanied by an introduction by John Dixon Hunt, this facsimile fully reproduces the 1948 edition of Gardens in the Modern Landscape, a manifesto for the modern garden that deeply influenced twentieth century landscape design. Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 200 illus. BIC Classification: AMV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Between 1937 and 1938, garden designer Christopher Tunnard published a series of articles in the British Architectural Review that rejected the prevailing English landscape style. Inspired by the principles of Modernist art and Japanese aesthetics, Tunnard called for a "new technique" in garden design that emphasized an integration of form and purpose. "The functional garden avoids the extremes both of the sentimental expressionism of the wild garden and the intellectual classicism of the 'formal' garden," he wrote; "it embodies rather a spirit of rationalism and through an aesthetic and practical ordering of its units provides a friendly and hospitable milieu ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812222913
SKU
V9780812222913
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About Christopher Tunnard
Christopher Tunnard (1910-79) was born in Canada and lived and worked in England as a garden designer and landscape architect before emigrating to the United States. He taught in the Department of Architecture at Harvard and, shifting his focus after the Second World War, became head of the Department of City Planning at Yale. John Dixon Hunt is Professor Emeritus ... Read more
Reviews for Gardens in the Modern Landscape: A Facsimile of the Revised 1948 Edition
"A classic and seminal text that inspired a generation of students to change the world of landscape design. For architects and landscape architects alike, this book argued for a new aesthetic related to the art and times."
Laurie Olin
Laurie Olin