page_title: Roberto Burle Marx
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: Roberto Burle Marx / Works
caption_attribution_description: English: Southern Lake, in Parque del Este, Caracas, Venezuela. Español: Lago Sur, en el Parque del Este, Caracas, Venezuela. Français&#160;: Le Lac Sud du Parque del Este, à Caracas, au Venezuela. Italiano: Lago del Sud, nel Parque del Este, Caracas, Venezuela.
context_page_description: Roberto Burle Marx was a Brazilian landscape architect whose designs of parks and gardens made him world-famous. He is accredited with having introduced modernist landscape architecture to Brazil. He was known as a modern nature artist and a public urban space designer. His work had a great influence on tropical garden design in the 20th century. Water gardens were a popular theme in his work. He was deftly able to transfer traditional artistic expressions such as graphic design, tapestry and folk art into his landscape designs. He also designed fabrics, jewellery and stage sets.
  He was one of the first people to call for the conservation of Brazil's rainforests. More than 50 plants bear his name. He amassed a substantial collection of plants at his home, including more than 500 philodendrons.
context_section_description: Landscape design of some gardens in the public buildings of Brasília
  Ministry of Army – water garden and excellent use of concrete forms.
  Foreign Affairs Building
  Ministry of Education
  Itamaraty Palace – headquarters of the Ministry of External Relations
  Copacabana promenade – Pavement landscape, large scale (4 km long) mosaic completed in 1970 on famous Rio de Janeiro beach. (Influenced by Portuguese pavement)
  Inhotim, Brumadinho
  Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo, 1954
  Flamengo Park – large public park in Rio de Janeiro built on landfill
  La Rinconada Hippodrome, Caracas, Venezuela
  Parque del Este, Caracas, Venezuela
  La Lagunita Country Club, Caracas, Venezuela
  Pampulha, Belo Horizonte
  Cascade Garden, Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania
  Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida (Completed posthumously)
  Maracaibo Botanical Gardens, Maracaibo, Venezuela
  Peru Square, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Demolished)
  Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Casa Forte Square (Praça de Casa Forte), Recife, Pernambuco-Brazil
  Cascata Farm, Araras-Brazil
caption: Parque del Este, Caracas
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