20th Century Garden and Landscape Architecture in the Netherlands

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Following on the succesful heels of 20th Century Architecture in the Netherlands and 20th Century Urban Design in the Netherlands comes a third survey focused on highlights and developments in the field of garden and landscape design--in the Netherlands, obviously. Decade by decade, themes discussed include: the transition from utilitarian greenery to greenery for consumption; the Zuiderzee Works; changes in agriculture; the role of the Rijkswaterstaat (Director-General for Public Works and Water Management); the Ecological Master Plan; garden design on country estates, the transformation of managed nature into "new nature"; and the development of public gardens and parks. Projects are illustrated through historic and contemporary photographic material, plans, and design drawings, and are discussed throughout in light of broad social developments, fashionable trends, and changing recreational demands. Designers include: Zocher, de Bazel, Granpré Molière, Mien Ruys, van Eesteren, Dudok, Býhouwer, Le Roy, Fortuyn/O'Brien, Baljon, Van Gessel and West 8. Essays by Gerritjan Deunk.


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"This illustrated book provides an introduction to the 20th Century Garden and Landscape Architecture in the Netherlands. Ten concise chapters, each covering one decade, give a clear picture of the highlights and developments in the field of garden and landscape architecture. General developments are referred to in the texts and the most characteristic projects are elucidated; next, the most important projects from the period are lavishly illustrated with historic and new photographic material, occasionally supplemented with maps and sketches." The themes include public green and consumables, the experimental gardens in Dedemsvaart, the private gardens of Piet Oudolf and of Ineke Greve, the reclamation of the Zuiderzee, the evolution in agriculture, the role played by the Department of Public Works, the Main Ecological Structure, garden designs for houses, country estates, factories and museums, the development from manageable nature to 'new nature' and the development of public gardens. Designers such as Zocher, Van Eesteren, Copijn, Bleeker, Bijhouwer, Mien Ruys, Van Gessel, Baljon and West 8 are highlighted, always in relation to broad social developments.


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