Not So Simple
The New Classical Landscape
"Minimalist Gardens," by Peter Walker, Spacemaker Press, Washington, . and Cambridge, MA, 1997, distributed by Watson-Guptil Publications and Hearst Books International, pp. 207, $35.
By Carter B. Horsley
Peter Walker is one of the great design poets of the 20th Century as the more than 280 color illustrations and photographs in this large and handsome paperback testify. More than 30 of Walker's projects are presented in considerable detail.
Both his own essay and an panying essay and project notes by Leah Levy illuminate much of the artistic, philosophic and intellectual foundations of his designs, but the illustrations really need little exposition. Walker's projects are brilliant integrations of the natural and man-made environments that are distinctly modern and abstract, at times mysterious and sometimes awesome.
"Minimalist" is an inappropriate adjective to describe this work for it is far too rich in beauty and power to be less than grand.
But one must respect the artist's own interpretation and here Walker is wonderfully incisive, not only about his own oeuvre, but about much of modern architecture and, in particular, the "Minimalist" era/school.
While none of the projects are in New York, almost all offer exciting clues to the thrilling potential cityscapes that can and should be wrought.
Any intelligent mayor shou
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