Landscapes of the Imagination
Designing the European Tradition of Garden and Landscape Architecture 1600-2000

Design: Joseph Plateau, Paperback, Illustrated (colour and b/w), 160 pages, Size: 30 x 24 cm
Dutch/English edition, ISBN 978-90-5662-029-5, € 29.50

In association with the International Apeldoorn Garden and Landscape Architecture Triennial
With the support of the Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund

Exhibition at Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn from 11 June 2008 to 28 September 2008

Landscapes of the Imagination. Designing the European Tradition of Garden and Landscape Architecture 1600-2000 is about the significance of garden and landscape architecture as a design discipline. The core of the book and exhibition is formed by a selection of 40 original designs and sketches from the European tradition of garden and landscape architecture. They were designed by familiar names such as Le Nôtre, Humphrey Repton, Peter Joseph Lenné, Ernst Cramer, Gunnar Asplund and Bernard Tschumi, but also by less famous designers, including a 17th-century amateur/commissioner. These drawings are virtually unknown among the general public or professional circles.

The designs reveal that garden and landscape architecture is a conceptual design discipline that is aimed at shaping actual as well as symbolic surroundings. They also denote a discipline that, unlike any other form of design, works with the complex medium of the landscape itself. We can therefore draw a wealth of insights from these wonderfully executed designs regarding the relationship between humankind, nature, landscape and culture.

Reference materials such as engravings, photographs and texts provide the reader with insight into the design of these landscapes and elucidate the powers of imagination that played a role in their conception. Six plans are documented in their current state in a photographic essay.

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