Avant Gardeners
50 Visionaries of the Contemporary Landscape
Tim Richardson
Foreword by Martha Schwartz
Introduction by Tim Richardson
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| ‘… this is the most important book of the year for me, thoughtful (Richardson always is), beautifully produced and taking its readers into much unfamiliar territory | | – The Independent |
| ‘A fascinating book … highly rewarding … mind-flexing stuff’ | | – Country Life |
| ‘There are some groundbreaking landscapes here that will stretch your imagination to the limit – these are gardens to sharpen the mind, to make you think’ | | – House & Garden |
With over 100 projects, this book is an encyclopaedic look at the cutting edge in garden design and offers an inspirational archive for practitioners and enthusiasts.
See the review and picture gallery on Time.com
Contemporary garden design has embraced the latest thinking in science and materials, architecture and product design – redefining the border between nature and the man-made.
One indication of the rise in popularity – and controversy – of these gardens has been the growing number of conceptual garden festivals, which have become the premier international showcases for new ideas.
Avant Gardeners presents the fifty most exciting and innovative contemporary garden- and landscape-design practices from around the world, profiling the work of each designer through informative texts, photographs and plans.
Topical essays explore the underlying principles, and show how a rising generation has rejected the tradition of Western garden design, favouring instead the influences of Modernism, Postmodernism, Pop Art and Land Art.
Tim Richardson is an internationally respected landscape critic. Former landscape editor at Wallpaper*, gardens editor at Country Life and founding editor of New Eden magazine, he is the author of several books, including The Vanguard Landscapes and Gardens of Martha Schwartz and, most recently, The Arcadian Friends: Inventing the English Landscape Garden.
Also of interest:
Modern Garden Design
The Vanguard Landscapes of Martha Schwartz
Reinventing the Garden
Radical Landscapes: Reinventing Outdoor Space |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500513937 | | ISBN-13 978-0500513934 | | | | 23.0 x 21.0 cm | | PLC with Jacket | | 352pp | | 484 illustrations, 474 in colour | | First published 2008 | | | | £24.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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