
Visionary Gardens
Modern Landscapes by Ernst Cramer
Udo Weilacher(Author)
Birkhäuser (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2001
Book
Hardback
287 pages
978-3-7643-6567-7 (ISBN)
Description
In recent years, the discipline of landscape architecture has repositioned itself between ecological and artistic design. One of the leading figures in this development was Ernst Cramer. Active in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, he worked in close cooperation with architects and artists, leading garden design from romantic images of nature to more abstract forms, paving the way for the subsequent orientation towards modern art and architectural forms. With his provocative exhibition gardens, which include the Poet s Garden in Zurich and the Theatre Garden in Hamburg, Cramer prompted international controversy not least in the USA where his work was honoured by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. However, most of his 1400 projects were private gardens and urban spaces commissioned by well-known companies and private individuals of the time and can be found in Switzerland, Germany, Italy and the Middle East.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
Switzerland
Publishing group
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
282 s/w Abbildungen, 109 farbige Abbildungen
287 p. 391 illus., 109 in color.
Dimensions
Height: 32 cm
Width: 23 cm
Weight
1960 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7643-6567-7 (9783764365677)
DOI
10.1007/b93038
Schweitzer Classification