Exterior Architecture Ltd. October 2010 newsletter

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Exterior Architecture is committed to the achievement of Diary of Events That We
strong, legible, innovative landscape design. We aim to
produce appealing and appropriate designs that enhance
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the health and well-being of the existing landscape, for October 2010
today and for the future.
Recent Office Events
Throughout October
A TRIP TO CHATSWORTH Anish Kapoor: Turning The World
Chatsworth House in Derbyshire is undeniably the country's finest stately
Upside Down
home, so the auction of 20,000 unwanted objects from the Duke's estate
www.serpentinegallery.org
at Sothebys at the beginning of this month will be quite something. Needless
to say, that from a landscape architecture point of view, the 1000 acre park,
designed by Capability Brown in the 1760's and subsequently added to, doesn't
Until 15 October
fail to impress either: for Brown to realise his ambitions for the parkland, he
Following Nash
went as far as moving an entire village and altering the natural course of the
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River Derwent. As the team from Exterior Architecture discovered on a
recent visit, the 5 miles of walks are full of rare tree and shrub species, and
fine examples of formal hedges, man-made lakes and water features.
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The Great Cascade, built in 1700 by Grillet, drops down over 200 metres in a
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fall which consists of 24 steps, all of different sizes and shapes so the sound of
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water is never monotonous. The house and parklands have evolved gracefully
over the last 450 years. Modern day Chatsworth is a thriving business with
a farmed, producing landscape, an extensive kitchen garden and farm shop. It 7 October onwards
has also become a magnificent setting for contemporary sculpture. As well as a The Exploring Eye: The Photography of
temporary exhibition held annually in October (Beyond Limits until 31.10.10)
Eric de Maré
works from the likes of David Nash & Elizabeth Frink are permanently on show
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in the grounds.
12 October
Hugh Johnson: Trees: A Lifetime's
Journey through Forests, Woods &
Gardens
www.gardenmuseum.org.uk
13 October
Clive Head: Modern Perspectives
www.nationalgallery.org.uk
15 October onwards
London Allotments, A City Harvest
www.london-se1.co.uk
15 October
Damián Ortega: New Commission
for The Curve
www.barbican.org.uk
and finally... 18 October
Diane Balmori: Landscape Manifesto
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT www.royalacademy.org.uk
10 buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright are currently being considered by
UNESCO for inclusion on the world heritage list. One of these houses the
library where Sam Martin, EA's Director, studied for his Masters in Landscape 20 October
Architecture. The Marin County Civic Centre in San Rafael, California is a Garden of the Year 2009: Howick
stunning example of organic architecture and is in fact the only government Hall
building Wright ever designed as, sadly, he died before its completion. For www.gardenmuseum.org.uk
more on this check out Daniel Terdimann's account 'A Frank Lloyd Wright gem
in Northern California' on his cnet news blog.