Development of the Modern Garden | Landscape Architecture

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Our present set of ideas as to what constitutes a garden has long roots back into history. As far as we know gardening started quite independently in two different places – Egypt and China.

Chinese Garden
Chinese Garden

Egyptian gardens were based on irrigated small land holdings in the desert and Chinese Gardens were based on Imperial Hunting Parks. These two sources started two diametrically opposite traditions that can be termed as formal and informal; the straight edge and the flowing; the architectonic and the naturalistic.

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World Renowned Projects of Architect Frank Lloyd Wright

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Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8, 1867 in Richland Centre, Wiscosin. Wright contributed the ‘Prairie’ and ‘Usonian’ styles to American residential architecture. Elements of his designs can be found in a large proportion of homes built today.

Wright studied civil engineering briefly at the University of Wisconsin. At 20 years of age, he joined a Chicago architectural firm as a draftsman. Wright eventually became chief draftsman and supervised the firm’s residential designs. Wright started his own firm in 1893, and began developing ideas for his ‘Prairie House’ Concept and later on became the pioneer of ‘Organic Architecture‘.

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity. – Frank Lloyd Wright

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Solomon Guggenheim Spiral Museum | Frank Lloyd Wright’s Masterpiece

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This project is a Masterpiece. It was designed by the Great Architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the early forties.

Althought the design process started in 1943, Wright’s inverted-ziggurat design was not built until 1959. There were a number of reasons for the delay. Architect Wright had to produce six separate sets of plans and 749 drawings before one was finalized.

Solomon Guggenheim Museum
Solomon Guggenheim Museum

The Solomon Guggenheim Museum was constructed to display the collected works of Guggenheim – his sculptures, paintings and pictures.

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Is Contemporary Architecture Inspired Art or Plagiarism of the Past?

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Architecture is a vast subject. When you study Architecture, you deal with science, history, engineering and art. As such, there are very few people who are renowned Architects, who actually leave their mark on the world.

Architectural students and Professional Architects face a dilemma.

  1. How important is it to study and learn History of Architecture?
  2. What is the use of such a subject that glorifies the past while belittling the present?
  3. What is the need for the past when our minds are capable of creating wonders in the present?

Inspired Art or an Act of Plagiarism

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