In the 193Os and 1940s a group of talented and daring designers began to transform the landscapes of the world, in America, Garrett Eckbo liberated the formal axis of the traditional Beaux-Arts style with hi s asym m etrical an d curyilin ear g ardens. Thom as Church, best known for his work at the Donnell garden, Sonoma, and influenced by Art Deco and Cubism, created organic and zigzag shapes, with vegetation used as a structural material. Mexican designer Luis Barragan dazzled and surprised with his use of colour, monolithic walls and wateT channels. And, conceiving gardens as abstract paintings and making skilful use of his native Brazilian flora, Roberto Burle Marx dominated the landscape-design profession for almost half of the twentieth century.

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Brazilian Roberto Burle Marx was indisputably one of the greatest garden and landscape architects of the twentieth century. His distinctive style, incorporating bold, abstract patterns and native flora, still influences garden and landscape projects around the world. In Brazil, he left a legacy of contemporary designers whose work is scarcely known outside the country - until now.

Presenting over thirty new gardens and landscapes located across the country, from the coast to the hills,from the cities to the jungle, New Brazilian Gardens offers an exciting overview of current practice by a wealth of creative designers working in idioms and styles that are varied and individual, but which also acknowledge the genius of Burle Marx.

With the richness of the country's great tradition of modernism and the lushness of its tropical vegetation,here are gardens to inspire everyone. Whether dazzling swimming pools or serene urban escapes, stark minima]ist hardscaping or exuberant planting, the projects i11ustrate the great diversity and dynamism of Brazil's gardens today,but also incorporate universal ideas and details that can be translated to any country.

In a general introduction Roberto Silva considers the evolution of the Brazilian garden since the Co]onial period and examines Burle Marx's influence in the light of current trends. Gardens are then grouped into four sections, Water,Planting, Abstraction and Scu]pture, with each project presented in detail, including descriptions, the designers' own plans and drawings, plant lists and spectacular photographs.

With tropical gardening much in vogue, New Brazilian Gardens provides an inspirational and unrivalled look at contemporary garden and landscape design in Brazil,for professionals, amateur gardeners and garden lovers everywhere.

water

feature

a secluded garden

marcelo faisal

piracaia garden

eduardo luppi

atlante plaza

luiz vieira

the orienta] influence

barbara uccello & maringa pilz

pool

an organic pool

gil fialho

diving into abstraction

jamil jose kfouri

mirror by the sea

sergio menon

an infinite pool

evani kuperman franco

planting

city

planting by the sea

gui]bermina machado

a bo]d romantic garden

iza vieira ruprecht

the trave]]ers' garden

orlando busarello

an ongoing project

anna maria prado dantas

bankboston headquarters

isabe] duprat

country

alto da boa vista farm

isabel duprat

the three valleys

sonia infante

a tropical paradise

luiz carlos orsini

colouring the landscape

marcelo novaes

abstraction

grillo ]utchenberg garden

orlando busare]lo

largo do cafe

ana maria boverio

forma]ity x abstraction

luiz carlos orsini

daccache

suely suchodolsky & elza niero

hot & cold

gilberto elkis

spacious & elegant garder

luciano fiaschi

introduction 

sculpture

colour in the landscape

anna luiza rothier

a high-tech garden

gilberto e]kis

dunes

lucia porto

du p]essis residence

marce]o faisal

conjunto nacional

cecilia gorski

inside out

brunete fraccaroli

landscape as art

luciano fiaschi

sculptural formality

alex hanazaki