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Title: GARDEN OF COSMIC SPECULATION
By: Charles Jencks
Format: Paperback

List price: £25.00


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ISBN 10: 0711225389
ISBN 13: 9780711225381
Publisher: FRANCES LINCOLN PUBLISHERS LTD
Pub. date: 1 February, 2005
Pages: 256
Description: The story of one of the most original and important European gardens of the 21st century.
Synopsis: 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.
Illustrations: 375 colour illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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