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2 THE GARDENS OF ROBERTO BURLE MARX Sima Eliovson Acclaimed as "the real creator of the modem garden" by the American Institute of Architeds, Roberto Burle Marx has influenced garden designers around the world. This fascinating book-filled with 170 photographs, plans, and drawings of his incomparable landscapes with their bold, flowing shapes, mosaic pavings, and great sweeps of colorful plants-is the only authorized study of the life and work of one of the world's greatest living landscape architects. Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1909, Burle Marx studied painting at The National School of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, and he remains a practicing and successful artist to this day. His gardens reveal his painterly vision of the landscape, as well as his profound love and knowledge of the rich flora of Brazil. The late Sima Eliovson traces Burle Marx's long and illustrious career from his first private commissions in the 1930s to his spectacular urban landscapes in Rio and Brasilia, where he worked with LeCorbusier, Lucia Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, and other leading architects and city planners. Burle Marx made his working plans and photographs available for this book, which describes and illustrates such important public commissions as the splendid Flamengo Park, the mosaic walkways at Copacabana Beach, and the grounds of the Museum of Modem Art, all in Rio; the Parque del Este in Caracas, Venezuela; the renovation of Biscayne Boulevard in Miami, Florida; and includes intimate views of his imaginative and lovely private gardens as well. The work of Roberto Burle Marx is considered the strongest single influence on gardens since the development of the English garden tradition in the eighteenth century. Famous gardens like that at Walt Disney's Epcot Center, visited by millions, have drawn inspiration for their landscape designs and modeled their horticultural schools on his principles. This comprehensive account of Burle Marx's gardens illumines their unique beauty, which has captured the admiration of so many garden lovers worldwide. Rounding out the volume is a complete listing of Burle Marx landscape commissions and a glossary of botanical names of the plants used in his gardens. 170 illustrations, including 163 plates in full color lstltuto Unlversltorlo Archltetturo Venezia VSA 297 I Servizio Bibliogra1ico Audiovi~vo e di Documentazione

3 ' i I t The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx Sima Eliovson Foreword by Roberto Burle Marx HARRY N. ABRAMS, INC./SAGAPRESS, INC. New York

4 Contents Foreword by Roberto Burle Marx 7 Introduction 9 The Man and His Background PART ONE 1. The Place The Man The Personality Art, Style, Philosophy and Ideas The Plantsman The Method 67 The Gardens-In Approximate Chronological Order 7. The Sitio ( ) Flamengo Park, The Museum of Modern Art (1954) and Copa cabana (1970) Residence Luis Cesar Fernandez, formerly of Odette Monteiro (1948 & 1988) Residence Olivo Gomes, Sao Jose dos Campos (1950 & 1962) Residence Ralph Camargo, Teresopolis, formerly of Alberto Kronsforth (1955 & 1988) Hospital Da Lagoa, formerly Sul-America, Rio (1955) Manchete Building, Rio de Janeiro (1969) Petrobras Building, Rio de Janeiro (1972) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brasilia (1965 & 1988) Ministry of Justice, Brasilia (1970) Triangular Garden, Ministry of the Army, Brasilia (1970) Tribunal de Contas da Uniao, Brasilia (1972) Bank of Brazil, Brasilia, DF (1973) Residence Vice-President of the Republic, Brasilia (1975) Summer Residence, Nininha Magalhaes Lins, Rio de Janeiro (1974 & 1988) and Town House, Nininha Nabuco Lins, Rio BNDES Building, Rio de Janeiro (1974) Residence Hans Broas, Sao Paulo, SP (1975) Banco Safra, Rua Bela Cintra, S.A. Sao Paulo, SP (1982) Sao Luiz Participa~oes, S.A. Sao Paulo, SP ( ) Residences of the Colombo Family, Rio de Janeiro ( ) Centro Empresarial, Botafogo Bay, Rio de Janeiro ( ) Chaim Weizmann Square, Rio (1983) Residence Raul de Souza Martins, Petropolis ( ) Caemi Foundation, Rio de Janeiro (1985) Persiana Pan American, Rio de Janeiro (1987) Residence Stehlin, Vale de Boa Esperanza (1988) Fazenda Vargem Grande, Areias ( ) 201 PART TWO Appendix A: Glossary of Plants in the Text 211 Appendix B: Significant Landscape Projects 221 Index 233

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