Garrett Eckbo

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Garrett Eckbo (born November 28, 1910 in Cooperstown , New York , † May 14, 2000 ) was an American landscape architect of Norwegian descent. Together with Dan Kiley and Thomas Church , he was one of the initiators of the “ Harvard Revolution ”, which introduced the classic modern style of Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe into American garden design. He is best known for his asymmetrical designs, which were dominated by diagonals. In 1994, Garrett Eckbo was elected a member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design .

"Eckbo has determined the direction of modern landscape architecture practice."

Eckbo studied design at Harvard University and attended the seminars of Walter Gropius , professor at the Graduate School of Design . This shaped him decisively.

Works

  • Landscape for Living (1950)
  • Art of Home Landscaping (1956)
  • Urban Landscape Design (1964)
  • The Landscape we see (1969)

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  • Guy Cooper, Gordon Taylor: Paradise transformed. The private garden for the 21st century . Monacelli Press, New York 1996, ISBN 1-885254-35-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "E" / Eckbo, Garrett NA 1994 ( memento of the original from August 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 20, 2015)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nationalacademy.org
  2. ↑ Guy Cooper, Gordon Taylor 1996. Paradise transformed. The private garden for the 21st century. New York, Monacelli Press, Jan.
personal data
SURNAME Eckbo, Garrett
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American landscape architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Cooperstown , New York
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 2000