Der Garten als Raum

Blumengarten in Weißenkrichen Emil Jakob Schindler, 1879

Looking South towards Chelsea Market New York, 2000, Foto: Joel Sternfeld

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

Gärten mit Gebhardsberg Rudolf Wacker, 1935

Casa de Vidrio Lina Bo Bardi, Sao Paulo, 1951

Falling Water Frank Lloyd Wright, Allegheny Mountains, Pennsylvania, 1937

Haus Gálvez, der Eingangshof Louis Barragán, Mexico City, 1955, Foto: Danièle Pauly

Typisches Hofdetail eines aleppinischen Hauses

The Highline Joel Sternfeld, New York, 2000

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

Jane Brown

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

Zollverein School of Management and Design Sanaa, Essen, Deutschland, 2006, Foto: Walter Niedermayr

"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.