The Modern Garden: Outdoor Architecture of Mid-Century America - Book

The Modern Garden: The Outdoor Architecture of Mid-Century America explores seventy-five largely residential landscape projects from the 1950s and 60s, authored by architect Pierluigi Serraino. Featuring previously unpublished photography by Julius Shulman and Ezra Stoller, the volume documents the work of landscape architects Thomas Church, Lawrence Halprin, and Garrett Eckbo, among others. Its coverage spans notable projects including the Perkins House in the Pasadena hillside and Frank Lloyd Wright's Marin County Civic Center, presenting mid-century gardens as spatial extensions of interior architecture rather than secondary elements.

Long overshadowed by built architecture, mid-century gardens are given due attention in this generous volume by Rizzoli. 'The Modern Garden: The Outdoor Architecture of Mid-Century America' showcases seventy-five largely residential projects that realize the modernist visions of landscape architects Thomas Church, Lawrence Halprin, Garrett Eckbo, and more. Through an abundance of previously unpublished images by architectural photographers Julius Shulman (1910-2009) and Ezra Stoller (1915-2004), this luxuriant title is a fresh exploration of 1950s and 60s gardens as innovative, futuristic and radical symbiotic continuations of interior spaces. Authored by architect Pierluigi Serraino, the book features the dramatic surrounds of Perkins House in the Pasadena hillside, and the Frank Lloyd Wright’s Marin County Civic Center. A manifesto for realigning built structures with nature — and an inspiring lookbook for designers, artists, gardeners, and the eco-conscious — 'The Modern Garden' is a vigorous and necessary addition to bookshelves.