Der Garten als Raum

Singleton House Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, 1960, Foto: Julius Shulman

Frey House II Albert Frey, Palm Springs, Kalifornien, 1964, Foto: Julius Shulman

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

Loop, Installation im tschechischer und slovakischer Pavillon Roman Ondak, Biennale Venedig, 2009

We shall not cease from exploration and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

Thomas Stearns Eliot

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

Serpentine Gallery Pavillon Peter Zumthor, London, England, 2011

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

Penguin Pool, the London Zoo Berthold Lubetkin, London, England, 1934

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

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

Shulman House and Studio Raphael Soriano, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, 1950, Foto: Julius Shulman

Villa in Hayama Sanaa, Kanagawa, Japan, 2010

Beispiel einer iranischen Säulenvorhalle, Blick aus dem Thronsaal des "Pavillons der vierzig Säulen" (Tschehel Sutun) in die Palastgärten von Isfahan nach einem Stich von E. Flandin, um 1840

Moriyama House Sanaa, Ohta-ku, Tokio, Japan, 2002, Foto: Walter Niedermayr

Looking South from 33rd Street, Fog Lifting New York, 2000, Foto: Joel Sternfeld

Vorgärten in Cookham Sir Stanley Spencer, 1936

Verführung im Garten, aus Martinus Opifex, Tacuinum Sanitatis

House Before House Sou Fujimoto, Tochigi, Japan, 2008

House in Kita-Kamakura Sanaa, Kanagawa, Japan, 2009 (nicht realisiert)

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Sanaa, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 2004, 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.

Lewin House Richard Neutra, Santa Monica, Kalifornien, 1938

A beautiful house in a beautiful garden and a beautiful city for all.

Raymond Unwin

Die Gärten in der Avenida Madederos in Tacubaya Mexiko-Stadt, Foto: Jérôme Habersetzer

Blumen blühen den Menschen zur Freude. Ich male sie im Sommer, tragend die Freude in den Winter.

Emil Nolde

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

Roof House Tezuka Architects, Kanagawa, Japan, Katsuhisa Kida, Foto: 2001

NA House Sou Fujimoto, Tokio, Japan, 2012

Ailanthus Trees, 25th Street New York, 2000, Foto: Joel Sternfeld

More images