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Charles Jencks - The Garden of Cosmic Speculation (2nd Hand Softback)
ISBN / GTIN-13 : 9780711225381
Synopsis
Telling the story of one of the most important gardens in Europe, created by the internationally celebrated architectural critic and designer Charles Jencks and his late wife, the landscape architect and author Maggie Keswick, this book looks at The Garden of Cosmic Speculation.
It is a landscape that celebrates the new sciences of complexity and chaos theory and consists of a series of metaphors exploring the origins, the destiny and the substance of the Universe.
The garden is full of ideas, associations, games and memories; Jencks weaves his personal account of the garden's creation into an investigation into the revelations of recent science, using landscape and design to shed light on the way we can now conceive of the Universe.
This book is illustrated with year-round photography, bringing the garden's many dimensions vividly to life.
More Info : https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/garden-of-cosmic-speculation
Details
- Format : Large Thick, Full Colour Glossy Softback with French Fold Sleeves.
- Condition : Very Good (Almost As New)
- Category : Non-Fiction - The Arts, Photography & Fashion
- Published : 2003 (This Softback Edition 2005 - Frances Lincoln)
- ISBN : 9780711225381
- SKU : B001500
- PPC : SP1500gm
- RRP : £20 (Unclipped)
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
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External Reviews
". . . a fascinating read, esoteric and enjoyable. It expounds the process involved in serious design - rare in garden books . . . essential for anyone considering making a garden, or indeed any creative work." - Christopher Bradley-Hole, Gardens Illustrated.
"As a brave and thoughtful experiment in the study of nature in all its aspects, both book and garden are well worth lingering over." - New Scientist.
The Author
Charles Alexander Jencks was an American cultural theorist, landscape designer, architectural historian, and co-founder of the Maggie’s Cancer Care Centres. He published over thirty books and became famous in the 1980s as theorist of Postmodernism. Jencks devoted time to landform architecture, especially in Scotland.Delivery & Postage
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