The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
| Author | : Charles Jencks |
| Publisher | : Frances Lincoln |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2005-02-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0711225389 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780711225381 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (381 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Garden of Cosmic Speculation written by Charles Jencks and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of one of the most important gardens in Europe, created by the architectural critic and designer Charles Jencks and his late wife, the landscape architect and author Maggie Keswick. The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is a landscape that celebrates the new sciences of complexity and chaos theory and consists of a series of metaphors exploring the origins, the destiny and the substance of the Universe. The book is illustrated with year-round photography, bringing the garden's many dimensions vividly to life.