Der Garten als Raum

Town and country must be married, and out of this joyous union will spring a new hope, a new life, a new civilisation.

Ebenezer Howard

7000 Eichen Joseph Beuys, Documenta 7, Kassel, 1982

Hartwell House, Axial view of the canal from the south, showing Gibbs's temple at the end of the canal, the house and topiary alleys on the west side Balthasar Nebot, 1738

Oxonia Illustra, Plan of the Physic Garden David Loggan, Oxford, England, 1975

Aerial view of the garden and east front of Hadham Hall, nineteenth-century copy after a drawing of 1649

Empfangssaal eines alten Hauses in Kairo im 19. Jhdt. Vorne und hinten die leicht erhöhten Sitz-Îwâne, in der Mitte der höhere Zentralraum mit Springbrunnen und Lichtkuppel, von wo aus die Îwâne betreten werden

Dachterasse eines Hofhauses in Fes. In der Mitte der Ausschnitt des Innenhofes

Garden House Takeshi Hosaka Architects, Kanagawa, Japan, 2007

Haus Rang Richard Neutra, Königstein, Taunus, 1961

Blumengarten in Weißenkrichen Emil Jakob Schindler, 1879

Haus und Paradiesgarten

Lewin House Richard Neutra, Santa Monica, Kalifornien, 1938

Paradiesgärtlein Oberrheinischer Meister, 1410-20

Moriyama House Sanaa, Ohta-ku, Tokio, Japan, 2002

Friedhof Brion Carlo Scarpa, San Vito d'Altivole, Italien, 1973, Foto: Guido Guidi

Apfelhaus Konstantin Kirsch

A Spring Evening, the Hudson New York, 2000, Foto: Joel Sternfeld

Highline New York, 1929-34

Highline New York, 1934

Tudor badges in a hortus conclusus of the Tudor dynasty 1516

Gardens in the area of Moorgate and Bishopsgate, a section of the so-called Copper-plate map of London 1553-59

A view towards the Hudson New York, 2000, Foto: Joel Sternfeld

Unité d'habitation Le Corbusier, Marseille, Frankreich, 1952

Upper Lawn Pavillion Alison and Peter Smithson, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, 1962

Day Care Center Sanaa, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 2000, Foto: Walter Niedermayr

Tapisserie Dame mit dem Einhorn 1480-1500

B+W House Julie Snow Architects, Minnesota, USA, 2007, Foto: Dean Kaufman

"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.

Willians House E. Stewart Williams, Palm Springs, Kalifornien, 1955, Foto: Julius Shulman

Römische Bäder und Gärtnerhaus Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Potsdam, 1826

Kings Road House and Studio Rudolph Schindler, West Hollywood, California, 1921

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