Modern landscapes of ted smyth : landscape modernism in the Asia-Pacific
Barnett, Rod
Modern landscapes of ted smyth : landscape modernism in the Asia-Pacific - London Routledge 2017 - xxvi,216p.
CONTENTS
List of illustrations xi
Preface xix
Inside the Frame xxii
Acknowledgements xxv
1 The Base Line 1
Aims of the Book 1
World Famous in New Zealand 5
Growing up in Landscape 10
Introduction to the Modern 21
2 The Garden File 37
The Archive 37
The Works 40
Selected Gardens 42
3 The Question of Modernism 69
Developing your own Modernism 72
Smyth's Discovery 86
Constructing Smyth 89
Extending the Modern 94
4 Plantspace 102
Steampunk Avatar 102
The Lonely Colonial 106
Horticultural Difference 110
One Cotyledon, or Two? 117
Gardens of Design 122
Semantic Fishing 126
5 Nonlinear Modernism 133
Hawaii 137
Brisbane 141
Bali 150
Singapore 163
6 Urban Genealogies 176
Field Notes from Aotea 192
References 204
Index 212
9781138833654
712 / BAR
Modern landscapes of ted smyth : landscape modernism in the Asia-Pacific - London Routledge 2017 - xxvi,216p.
CONTENTS
List of illustrations xi
Preface xix
Inside the Frame xxii
Acknowledgements xxv
1 The Base Line 1
Aims of the Book 1
World Famous in New Zealand 5
Growing up in Landscape 10
Introduction to the Modern 21
2 The Garden File 37
The Archive 37
The Works 40
Selected Gardens 42
3 The Question of Modernism 69
Developing your own Modernism 72
Smyth's Discovery 86
Constructing Smyth 89
Extending the Modern 94
4 Plantspace 102
Steampunk Avatar 102
The Lonely Colonial 106
Horticultural Difference 110
One Cotyledon, or Two? 117
Gardens of Design 122
Semantic Fishing 126
5 Nonlinear Modernism 133
Hawaii 137
Brisbane 141
Bali 150
Singapore 163
6 Urban Genealogies 176
Field Notes from Aotea 192
References 204
Index 212
9781138833654
712 / BAR