Mirrors of Paradise The Gardens of Fernando Caruncho

by Cooper, Guy; Taylor, Gordon; Kiley, Dan

• ISBN13: 9781580930710
• ISBN10: 1580930719
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-18
• Publisher: The Monacelli Press

Summary

Now back in stock, this highly sought after monograph represents the gardens and landscapes of the Spanish designer Fernando Caruncho. Renowned internationally for serene compositions based on timeless principles of natural forms and geometry, Caruncho has recently completed two landscapes in the United States, one in the rolling farmland of New Jersey and the other in Florida. Caruncho draws inspiration from a wide spectrum of precedentsthe garden-academies of ancient Greek philosophers as well as important historic gardens in Spain, Italy, France, and Japan; inMirrors of Paradise, Caruncho discusses his design philosophy and influences in a substantial interview with the authors. Caruncho's gardens range from small urban spaces to grand country estates, and his design trademarks include geometric grids, rolling waves of the shrub escallonia, refined and playful pavilions and gazebos, calm reflecting pools, and vistas that capitalize on the contrasts inherent in his plant palette. In their inventive and evocative fusion of the historic and contemporary, Caruncho's garden designs are masterful compositions that exemplify the formal garden for the new millennium.

Author Biography

Gordon Taylor and Guy Cooper are the principals of Landscape Design Ltd. in London. They have designed gardens in Ireland, France, Spain, the United States, and throughout Great Britain; they have also written numerous articles and books on herbs, gardens and garden history, including Paradise Transformed: The Private Garden for the Twenty-First Century.

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(2)
Dan Kiley
Introduction	11	(6)
Dialogue with a Gardener	17	(13)
Garden in Aravaca	30	(6)
Mas Floris	36	(12)
Ollauri Garden	48	(10)
Rosales Garden, La Florida	58	(10)
S'Agaro	68	(8)
Albouy Garden	76	(2)
Caruncho Garden	78	(10)
Fiunchal Garden	88	(2)
Sotogrande	90	(8)
Pazo Pegullal	98	(8)
Universidad De Deusto	106	(2)
Camp Sarch	108	(8)
Saorin Garden	116	(4)
Maranon Garden	120	(2)
Carvajal-Marquez Garden	122	(4)
Ardila Garden	126	(6)
Garden in La Moraleja	132	(4)
El Viso	136	(2)
Clinica Teknon	138	(2)
La Gerezieta	140	(6)
Postigo Garden	146	(6)
Mas De Les Voltes	152	(12)
Cabo De Formentor	164	(2)
Works in Progress	166	(7)
Acknowledgments	173	(2)
Bibliography	175