Allain Provost, landscape architect: invented landscapes.
Stichting Kunstboek| N° d'inventaire | 30478 |
| Format | 24.5 X 29 |
| Détails | 287 p., numerous color photographs and illustrations, paperback with cardboard jacket. |
| Publication | Oostkamp, 2004 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9789058561411 |
Bilingual French/English
It is because Allain Provost is considered one of the leading landscape architects of the 1960s-2000s in France and Europe that his work deserves the testimony that this book represents. This book also fills a gap, as it is a constant in the history of gardens, that their creators Oostkampurs leave few writings or drawings. His work is not attached to any chapel, he found a singular place by claiming not the identity of theorist, but that of practitioner who fully exercises his talent as a master builder as evidenced by the works presented.
His work will be appreciated through twelve "fleshed" projects from Parc de la Courneuve to Parc Citroën, including Parc Diderot, the Renault Technocentre and Thames Barrier Park in London, twenty-four other projects both in France and abroad are also "touched upon". Illustrated with more than 500 photos and plans, this work should become a reference book for future (and current) professionals as well as for project owners and more broadly for a public that is increasingly interested in major garden and public landscape projects, well beyond harmful fashion effects, ephemeral gadget successes, horticultural fads of the year, or artist gardening...
Bilingual French/English
It is because Allain Provost is considered one of the leading landscape architects of the 1960s-2000s in France and Europe that his work deserves the testimony that this book represents. This book also fills a gap, as it is a constant in the history of gardens, that their creators Oostkampurs leave few writings or drawings. His work is not attached to any chapel, he found a singular place by claiming not the identity of theorist, but that of practitioner who fully exercises his talent as a master builder as evidenced by the works presented.
His work will be appreciated through twelve "fleshed" projects from Parc de la Courneuve to Parc Citroën, including Parc Diderot, the Renault Technocentre and Thames Barrier Park in London, twenty-four other projects both in France and abroad are also "touched upon". Illustrated with more than 500 photos and plans, this work should become a reference book for future (and current) professionals as well as for project owners and more broadly for a public that is increasingly interested in major garden and public landscape projects, well beyond harmful fashion effects, ephemeral gadget successes, horticultural fads of the year, or artist gardening...