Cultivating Modernism

Reading the Modern Garden, 1917-71

Richard Aitken
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Cultivating Modernism

Subjects

Architecture

Published

1 November 2013

ISBN

9780522861228

Pages

224

Weight

620g

Size

256mm x 189mm

Subjects

Architecture

Imprint

Miegunyah Press

Cultivating Modernism

Reading the Modern Garden, 1917-71

Richard Aitken
Part history, part guide, part source book—Cultivating Modernism will be an inspiration to all with an interest in gardens, books, and the recent past.
For the garden maker, innovative design ideas open a door on new and creative ways to landscape the modern home.
For the bibliophile, Cultivating Modernism comes alive through a kaleidoscopic mix, marrying image and text from a dazzling array of long-forgotten books, magazines, and ephemera.
For the general reader with an interest in the past, this will be a vital journey through a turbulent time.
With 330 images in full colour, Cultivating Modernism is an armchair tour through our modern landscape—international in scope, Australian in focus.
Part history, part guide, part source book—Cultivating Modernism will be an inspiration to all with an interest in gardens, books, and the recent past.
For the garden maker, innovative design ideas open a door on new and creative ways to landscape the modern home.
For the bibliophile, Cultivating Modernism comes alive through a kaleidoscopic mix, marrying image and text from a dazzling array of long-forgotten books, magazines, and ephemera.
For the general reader with an interest in the past, this will be a vital journey through a turbulent time.
With 330 images in full colour, Cultivating Modernism is an armchair tour through our modern landscape—international in scope, Australian in focus.

Richard Aitken

Richard Aitken is a Melbourne-based architect, historian, curator, and poeticist. He has been in private practice since 1978 and has prepared conservation plans for many of Australia's most significant historic gardens, including the botanic gardens of Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, and Government Houses in Melbourne, Hobart, and Sydney. Richard's books include The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens (2002), Gardenesque (2004), Botanical Riches (2006), Seeds of Change (2006), and The Garden of Ideas (2010). He has…

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