Der Garten als Raum

Villa Savoye Roof Garden Le Corbusier, Poissy, Frankreich, 1928-31

A place of submission, of refuge, of sanctuary and of looking inwards for hidden treasures.

Jane Brown

Ise Gropius relaxing on the second floor terrace of the Walter Gropius House Walter Gropius, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1938, Foto: Robert Damora, 1948

Piet Oudolf

Piet Oudolf

Bury Court Piet Oudolf, Surrey, England, 1996, Foto: Piet Oudolf

Country Cork Garden Piet Oudolf, Irland, 2006, Foto: Piet Oudolf

Nantucket Garden Piet Oudolf, Massachusetts, 2007

Wisley, Royal Horticultural Society Garden Piet Oudolf, Surrey, England, 2001, Foto: Piet Oudolf

Wohnraum aus einem Haus in Kairo mit erhöhten Sitznischen in den auskragenden Erkern der "Muschrabîyas"

Die Eigenart des Waldes besteht darin, zur gleichen Zeit geschlossen und allseitig geöffnet zu sein.

André Pieyre de Mandiargues

Grape Hyacinth New York, 2000, Foto: Joel Sternfeld

Kaufmann Desert House Richard Neutra, Palm Springs, Kalifornien, 1946

Haus Rang Richard Neutra, Königstein, Taunus, 1961

Botanical Gardens of Barcelona Carlos Ferrater, Barcelona, Spanien, 1999, + 2005, Foto: Pedro Kok

"He's gotten away from the soft pornography of the flower," said Charles Waldheim, the director of the landscape architecture program at the University of Toronto. "He's interested in the life cycle, how plant material ages over the course of the year," and how it relates to the plants around it. Like a good marriage, his compositions must work well together as its members age.