FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT II

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (b.1867 - d.1959)
Architect / Interior Designer / Designer
USA 

F-L-W also used to design the interiors for his homes and produced some really beautiful stained glass work and furniture. 
When thinking about the minimalist garden, the shapes in the stained glass really stand out. They almost look like garden plans, where the shapes could be planting. When looking at them like that, you can start to see where the ratio of mass and void is so important. I think the furniture would look good in all three gardens. I will look further in to the furniture at a later date.

 

MYOUNG HO LEE (b. 1975 -)

Photographer

South Korea

'Tree' Series

To achieve these photographs, large cranes are used to hold the white canvas up behind the trees, and then minimal digital retouching is applied to remove any visible cables. 

I think they are incredible and really inspiring for the gardens project. By removing the tree from its background you are really able to look at its form and appreciate how individual each one is. This could be put to really good effect in the Japanese garden, where specimen trees such as cloud trees and Acers are already used for their shapes and architectural qualities. Also, within the woodland garden, it could be interesting to highlight one tree out of the 'woods' to make you actually look at it as a single thing, rather than just a mass of leaves and bark....

 

 

 

PATH PATTERNED RUG

The pattern on this rug makes me think of overlapping paths. I could apply this idea to any of my chosen garden styles - just adapting it by using different hard landscaping materials..

KANTO SHIGEMORI GARDEN INSTITUTE CO.

KANTO SHIGEMORI GARDEN INSTITUTE CO.

Japan

I can't find much more information on these gardens or this company, but I really like the work they have done. These images cover a few of their projects

 

 

 

MIREI SHIGEMORI

MIREI SHIGEMORI (1896-1975)
Landscape Architect / Japanese garden history expert
Find out more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirei_Shigemori

This is a really important statement for me about the work of Shigemori:

"Shigemori...spoke extensively of the growing estrangement between people and the primordial power of nature, and his gardens are full of hybrid symbols that seek to reveal the cultural and natural histories their sites. Traditional garden forms are reinterpreted with modern materials and attempt to reengage the viewer with the ever developing continuum of Japanese culture".

 

Going to look out for this:

JAPANESE GARDEN

The third garden design style I would like to look at for this project is Japanese garden, looking particularly at modern Japanese design. I feel wary of trying to 're-create' or adapt traditional Japanese design, as I feel that the meanings behind the designs are far too complicated and culturally important to be looked at in such a short space of time.

I do however,  love the aesthetics of Japanese gardens and would like to explore how this is being reinterpreted in the modern world. 

I also think that this design style will fit nicely in with Minimalist and Woodland gardens - as it seems to draw elements from both of these areas naturally... 

 what i want to avoid - eek!!!