Juan Grimm by Claudia Pertuz, Ediciones Puro Chile, Luig?i L... - 9783775743891

Hatje Cantz

Juan GrimmAuthor(s): Claudia Pertuz, Ediciones Puro Chile, Luig?i Latini, Juan Grimm, Mathias Klotz, Mitzi Rojas\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Hatje Cantz, Germany\nImprint: Hatje Cantz\nISBN-13: 9783775743891, 978-3775743891\nSynopsis\nJuan Grimm is considered the father of landscape architecture in Chile. His designs persistently underscore the sublimities of nature and incorporate the environments surrounding them. Although he works mainly with local flora, he creates breathtakingly new landscape textures. As South Americas most important landscape architect, he has designed and built nearly one thousand hectares of garden, as well as private and public parks in Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay, including the gardens of the Bah Temple in Santiago and of a Benedictine [url] drawings, photographs, interviews, and extensive companion essays, this book presents Grimms body of work, his methods, his sources of inspiration, and his artistic aims. Selected examples, ranging from small.