Roberto Burle Marx : the modernity of landscape / edited by Lauro Cavalcanti, Farés El-Dahdah, Francis Rambert ; contemporary photographs by Leonardo Finotti.
Contributor(s): Cavalcanti, Lauro
| El-Dahdah, Farés | Rambert, Francis | Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (Paris, France).
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BookPublisher: [Paris] : [Barcelona] : Cite de l'architecture & du patrimoine/Institut francais d'architecture ; Actar, 2011Description: 344 p. : chiefly col. ill., plans (some col.) ; 30 cm.ISBN: 9788492861675 (pbk); 8492861673 (pbk).Subject(s): Burle Marx, Roberto, 1909-1994 -- Exhibitions | Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (Paris, France) -- Exhibitions | Landscape architects -- Brazil | Landscape architecture -- Brazil | Urban beautification -- Brazil | Public spaces -- BrazilDDC classification: 712 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Cork Centre Architectural Education Lending | 712 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00159019 |
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Roberto Burle Marx (Sao Paulo, 1909-Rio de Janeiro, 1994) is known as a landscape architect, but also as a painter, botanist, gardener, chef and jewellery designer. He considered the garden to be one of the fine arts, as "the adaptation of the biome to civilisation's natural requirements." This book introduces the realm of the full sensory experience. Burle Marx's work with plants becomes highly pictorial--everything is drawn, colored and constructed. In this symbiosis between aesthetics and botany, Burle Marx is the master of both species and spaces. His work is the embodiment of the "nature-city," a concept developed from the garden cities of the late 19th century, which has become compromised in the 21st century due to the compact city model. This new publication focuses on Burle Marx's scientific interest in the landscape and his relationship with the environment. Concepts that continue to be of major significance in contemporary landscape architecture, such as ecology, garden as an art form and landscape design in the urban structure, are some of the subjects the book deals with. The visual information of the book is complemented by the texts by Fares El-Dahdah, Francis Rambert, Jacques Leenhardt, Jose Tabacow, Lelia Coelho Frota, Andre Correa do Lago, Dorothee Imbert, Valerie Fraser and Gilles Clement.
"Based on the exhibition catalogue Roberto Burle Marx 100 anos : a permanência do instável edited by Lauro Cavalcanti and Farés El-Dahdah (Rio de Janeiro : Fundação Roberto Marinho/Editora Rocco Ltda, 2009), this book accompanies the exhibition Roberto Burle Marx, la permanence de l'instable at la Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine, Paris, 22 March-24 July 2011."--P. 344.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Roberto Burle Marx, the permanence of the unstable / Lauro Cavalcanti -- Unstable landscapes / Farés El-Dahdah -- Concepts of composition -- The garden as art form -- Landscape architecture in the city -- Insights into a contemporary approach.
UCC fund.