JAPANESE GARDENS FOR TODAY BY ENGEL AND NEUTRA (1959)

LOADED WITH FANTASTIC EXAMPLES OF MODERN MINIMALIST JAPANESE ZEN GARDENS. GORGEOUS COLOR AND B&W PHOTOGRAPHY. FAMOUS JAPANESE GARDENS ARE PAIRED ALONG WITH PRIVATE GARDENS OF MODERN JAPANESE HOMES.

INCLUDES WALKS, BAMBOO FENCES, GATES, STEPPING STONES, FRONT ENTRYWAYS, COURTYARDS, PATIOS, PLANTS, ROCK, SAND, HEDGES, LANTERNS, SCULPTURE, ART, BRIDGES, WATER, FOUNTAINS, AND MORE!

CONTENTS: FOREWORD BY RICHARD NEUTRA, THEORY, GARDEN EFFECTS, PRIVACY, AGE, RHYTHM OF NATURE, IMAGINATION, HUMAN PRINCIPLES, UNITY, INTRINSIC CHARACTERISTICS, NATURALISM, LINE AND MASS VS. COLOR, GENJI'S GARDEN, STATIC QUALITY AND EVERGREENS, YIN AND YANG, SYMBOLISM, CONVENTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS, ARTIFICIAL HILL GARDEN, FLAT GARDEN, TEA GARDEN, THREE MOODS, THE PRACTICE, DESIGN TECHNIQUES, ROCKS AND STONES, HOUSE AND GARDEN, WATER FEATURES, STREAMS, PONDS, LAKES, ISLANDS, WATERFALLS, ENCLOSURES, FENCES, WALLS, HEDGES, GATES, STEPPINGSTONES, PAVEMENTS, ARTIFACTS, LANTERNS, BASINS, SCULPTURE, TOWERS, WELLS, BRIDGES, SAND DESIGNS, SOUND EFFECTS, GARDEN CARE, PLANT PRUNING, THE REALIZATION: PLATES, PLANT LIST WITH PLATES, BIBLIO, INDEX.