An inspirational and insightful look at contemporary Brazilian garden design and the influence of famed designer Roberto Burle Marx.
Brazilian Roberto Burle Marx was indisputably one of the greatest garden and landscape architects of the twentieth century. His projects, almost all of which were in his native country and highlighted its rich local flora, influenced gardens and landscapesand other design disciplinesaround the world.
Given the richness of Brazil's great tradition of modernism and the lushness of its tropical landscape, it is perhaps only because of its distance that so little is known about contemporary gardening thereuntil now. Presenting over thirty new gardens and landscapes located across the country, from the coast to the hills, from the cities to the jungle, New Brazilian Gardens offers an exciting overview of current practice by designers who are hardly known outside its borders.
The gardens are grouped into four sections: Water, Planting, Abstraction, and Sculpture. Each project is presented in detail, with descriptions, plans (including plant lists), and photographs. An introduction considers the evolution of the Brazilian garden since the Colonial period and examines Burle Marx's influence in the light of current trends. 267 color illustrations.
1. Water Features works by Marcelo Faisal, Eduardo Luppi, Luiz Vieira,
Maringa Pilz and Barbara Uccello, Gil Fialho, Jamil Jose Kfuori, Sergio
Menon, Evani Kuperman Franco;
2. Planting Features works by Guilhermina
Machado, Paulo Braqinho, Orlando Bussarelo, Ana Maria Prado Dantas, Isabel
Duprat, Sonia Infanti, Luiz Carlos Orsini, Marcelo Novaes;
3. Abstraction
Features works by Orlando Bussarelo, Ana Maria Boverio, Uiz Carlos Orsini,
Suely Suchodolsky and Elza Niero, Gilberto Elkis, Luciano Fiaschi;
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Sculpture Features works by Anna Luiza Rothier, Gilberto Elkis, Lucia Porto,
Marcelo Faisal, Cecilia Gorski, Brunete Fraccaroli, Alex Hanazaki.
Roberto Silva is a Brazilian landscape architect and garden designer living and practising in London. His writing has appeared in such publications as Gardens Illustrated and The Sunday Times, and the book The New Decorated Garden.
