Roberto Burle Marx
Subtitle: landscapes reflected
By: Rossana Vaccarino, editor ; with essays by William Howard Adams ... [et al.]
Contributors: Vaccarino, Rossana, 1956-; Adams, William Howard
Edition: 1st ed
Series: Landscape views -- 3
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press with the Harvard University Graduate School of Design; Princeton Architectural Press; Princeton Architectural Press, with Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Burle Marx, Roberto, -- 1909-; Landscape architecture -- Brazil; Landscape architects -- Brazil -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: "Brazilian designer Robert Burle Marx (1909-94) was Latin America's most influential and internationally renowned landscape architect. He conceived thousands of gardens and public spaces and was among the first advocates for the protection of the Brazilian rain forests. He has been acclaimed by the American Institute of Architects as the "real creator of the modern garden.""--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references