Martha Schwartz
Professor in Practice
Department of Landscape Architecture

 

 

Publications about Martha Schwartz


 

The Vanguard Landscapes and Gardens of Martha Schwartz
edited by Tim Richardson
Thames and Hudson

One of the most exciting and popular designers working in the United States, Martha Schwartz has almost single-handedly redefined the notion of garden design and landscape architecture. With her background in printmaking, the Boston-based designer has brought an entirely new language to a traditionally horticulture-oriented profession. Ever since her Bagel Garden (1979) stirred controversy and attracted attention, she has been at the vanguard of her field, and her work is now celebrated and influential around the world.

This is the complete monograph of Schwartz's corpus, some forty works, mostly built, from the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Sweden, Britain, and elsewhere. Ranging in scope from idiosyncratic private gardens to urban plans, projects are presented through breathtaking photographs, accessible drawings, and plans. Schwartz describes her working practices, giving unique insight into the thinking behind her dynamic designs.

The colorful, unconventional, and wide-ranging nature of Schwartz's work will appeal to a professional and to a nonprofessional audience, from urban planners to private gardeners. 310 color illustrations.

Martha Schwartz, Transfiguration of the Commonplace,
Spacemaker Press (1997)

Essay by Elizabeth K. Meyer
Interview with Martha Schwartz

Edited by Heidi Landecker
Graphic Design by Sarah Vance

Contents

Transfiguration of the Commonplace
By Elizabeth K. Meyer

Gardens

Stella's Garden
Necco Garden
Whitehead Institute Splice Garden

King County Jailhouse Garden
Center for Innovative Technology
Rio Shopping Center

International Swimming Hall of Fame
Limed Parterre with Skywriter
Turf Parterre Garden
Hanging Texas Bluebonnet Field
Becton Dickinson Immunocytometry Division

New England Holocaust Memorial Competition
Kunsthal Museumpark Competition
Biosphere Competition
Los Angeles Center
Columbia Center
Moscow Center Competition

Fukuoka International Housing
Dickenson Residence
The Citadel

Snoopy's Garden
HUD Plaza Improvements
Davis Residence
Jacob Javits Plaza

World Cup 1994
The Littman Wedding
Federal Courthouse Plaza

Baltimore Inner Harbor Competition
Landscahftspark Mhnchen—Riem
Miami International Airport Sound Wall

Interview with Martha Schwartz

Garden Descriptions

Notes
Photography Credits

Translations

Additional Publications about Martha Schwartz
  "Bezge zur Unter(wasser)welt," by Thies Schrder, Garten + Landschaft, May 1999.
  "Zwei Plazas von Martha Schwartz," by Gina Crandell, Garten + Landschaft, May 1999.
  "Breuer haha," Wallpaper, April 1999.
  "Public Art in Broward County: An Interview with Jean Grier," by Stanley Collyer, Competitions, Spring 1999.
  "Il complesso residenziale di Kitagata, Gifu," by Arata Isozaki, Lotus 100,
  "Sag mir, wo die Blumen sind," by Claudia Voigt, Kultur Spiegel, April, 1999.
  "An Unconventional Artist," by Chris Young, Landscape Design, March 1999.
  "An Interview with Martha Schwartz," by Heidi Kost-Gross, Perspectives in Landscape Design, Winter 1999.
  "Die Pop-Grtnerin," by Elke von Radziewsky, Architektur & Wohnen, January, 1999.
  "Gardino Messicano," by Ada Maria Ornaghi, Abitare, August 1998.
  "White Out," by Bradford McKee, Architecture, August 1998.
  "Flying Saucers at HUD," by Benjamin Forgey, The Washington Post, June 6, 1998.
  "The Battle for Pep-O-Mint Plaza," by Bradford McKea, Washington City Paper, May 22, 1998.
  "Three Projects for Public Spaces in America," by Dean Cardasis, Domus, March 1998.
  "Return to Spoleto," by Eleanor Heartney, Art in America, December 1997.
  "Interview with Martha Schwartz and Jacques Simon," by Quim Rosell, 2G, 1997/III.
  "The Grove as Pop Art: Martha Schwartz," by Lynnette Widder, Daidalos, September 1997.
  "Miami Rhapsody," by Michael Webb, Metropolis, September 1997.
  "Toward a New Living Environment: Gifu Kitagata Housing Project," Space and Design, August 1997.
  "On the Subject of Human Nature," by Jane Brown Gillette, Landscape Architecture, August 1997.
  "Avant Gardner," by Wendy Moonan, House & Garden, April 1997.
  "Self Portrait," by Jane Brown Gillette, Landscape Architecture, February 1997.
  "Serra to Schwartz," by Heidi Landecker, Architecture, January 1997.
  "Que Serra, Serra," by Karrie Jacobs, New York, January 20, 1997.
  Innovative Design Solutions in Landscape Architecture, by Steven L. Cantor, VanNostrand Reinhold, 1997.
  Martha Schwartz: Transfiguration of the Commonplace, by Spacemaker Press, 1997.
  Paradise Transformed - The Private Garden for the Twenty-First Century, by Guy Cooper and Gordon Taylor, Monacelli Press, 1996.
  "Natura e Artefatto,"by Isotta Cortesi, AREA, September/October 1996.
  Between Landscape Architecture and Land Art, by Udo Weilacher, Birkhauser Verlag, 1996.
  Ortho's Guide to Creative Home Landscaping, Ortho Books, editors; Monsanto Company, 1996.
  "The Haunting of Federal Plaza," by John Beardsley, Landscape Architecture.
  "Miami Beach Comes of Age," by Raul A. Barreneche, Architecture, April 1996.
  "Sculpting the Land," by John Beardsley, Sculpture, Vol. 15, No. 4,1996.
  "Imaginary Gardens With Real Frogs - Space in the Work of Martha Schwartz," by Dean Cardasis, GSD News, Winter/Spring 1996.
  "Federal Buildings and Campuses," by Vernon Mays, Architecture, January 1996.
  "Landschaftspark Messestadt Riem, Muenchen," Wettbewerbe Aktuell, 12/95.
  "Landschaftspark Muenchen-Riem," by Horst Burger and Andrea Gebhard, Garten + Landschaft, December 1995.
  "Peter Walker und Martha Schwartz," by Udo Weilacher, Die Gartenkunst, Vol. 7 No. 1, 1995.
  "Face to Face - Martha Schwartz, Inc.," by Graham Vickers, World Architecture, Issue No. 36.
  "A Crab for Baltimore?" by Andy Brown, Landscape Architecture, June 1994.
  "Tile, Style and Landscape Architecture," by Carter Crawford, Landscape Design, April 1994.
  "A Contemporary Approach to the Ageless Vistas of Santa Fe," by Verlyn Klinkenborg, Architectural Digest, December 1993.
  "Bass Museum Expansion," Projects Section, Progressive Architecture, November 1993.
  "Shaping a New American Landscape," by Yoshiko Kasuga, Pronto USA Magazine, Vol.10 No.9 1993.
  "Urban Outfitter," by Myriam Weisang Misrach, Elle Magazine, September 1993.
  "Jenseits von Arkadien: Sinnliches Puzzle," by Margit Suppan, WOHNEN, March 1993.
  Piscines, by Sophie Roche-Soulie, Sophie Roulet. Publications du Moniteur, September 1992 (International Swim Hall of Fame).
  "On the Edge in Sante Fe," by David Dillon, Garden Design, May/June 1992 (Dickenson Residence).
  "Five Views: One Landscape. A Journal of Experiment in Public Art," by Myra Mayman, Cathleen McCormick, Office for the Arts at Harvard & Radcliffe; 1992 (Radcliffe).
  "Freeway Landmark," by Lynn Nesmith, Architecture, December 1991 (The Citadel).
  "The Citadel Grand Alle, Honor Award," and "Becton Dickinson Atrium, Merit Award," Landscape Architecture, November 1991.
  "Palaces and Pleasures," by Anne Raver, New York Times Magazine.
  "A Cross Cultural Concert in the Far East," by Sally Woodbridge, Hiroshi Watanabe, Progressive Architecture, August 1991.
  "Perspectives: Landscape Architecture," by Anne Whiston Spirn, Diana Balmori, Martha Schwartz; Progressive Architecture, August 1991.
  "Becton Dickinson," by Monica Geran, Interior Design, August 1991.
  The Japan Architect: 1991 #5 (Fukuoka).
  "Landart," by Elsa Leviseur, The Architectural Review, April 1991.
  Environmental Design, by Margaret Cottom-Winslow, published by PBC International, Inc.; 1991 (Whitehead Institute).
  "Dali Meets Burpee," by Simon N. Dumenco, Special Report on Living, May-July 1990 (Whitehead Institute).
  "Martha Schwartz: Consumption Landscape" by Marta Cervello, QUADERNS, No. 185, April-May-June 1990.
  "Neue welle frs Gartendesign," ("New Age Gardens") by Horst Rasch, HUSER, No. 6/1990, November 1990.
  "Von Knstlern entworfen: Grten der Zukunft?" by Elke von Radziewsky and Vera Graf, architektur & wohnen, No. 5/1990, October/November 1990.
  "The Avant-Gardeners," by Deborah Papier, Avenue, June/July 1990.
  "New American Landscapes," Dialogue, No. 4/1990, "Portfolio: The 'New Wave' in Landscaping," by Daralice D. Boles, Trends, Japan, No. 1990/2.
  "Rhombus Room," by Deborah Papier, "A Convergence of 'Isms'," Landscape Architecture, January 1990.
  "Kashii District Housing, Architectural Design Citation," Progressive Architecture, 1990.
  "Rio Shopping Center, Merit Award" and "Turf Parterre, Merit Award," Landscape Architecture, November 1989.
  "The Innovators," Newsweek, October 2, 1989.
  "The Rebirth of the Garden," by Frances Anderton, The Architectural Review, September 1989.
  "Look Both Ways," by Jim Murphy, "A Machine in the Forest," by Vernon Mays, Progressive Architecture, August 1989.
  "P/A Profile, Peter Walker and Martha Schwartz," Progressive Architecture, July 1989.
  "Turf Parterre Garden," The New Urban Landscape, Richard Martin, Editor; Olympia & York Companies, 1989.
  "Martha Schwartz's 'Splice Garden': A Warning to a Brave New World," by Jory Johnson, Landscape Architecture, July/August 1988.
  "American Landscape Architecture: Martha Schwartz," by Toru Mitani, SD Magazine, Japan, August 1988.
  "Harmony in Design," by Julie Bondurant, Garden Design, Summer 1988.
  "Transforming the American Garden," by Jean Feinberg, Landscape Architecture Magazine, July 1986 (also reviewed by Patricia Phillips, Art Forum Magazine, September 1986).
  "Insight/On Site, Perspectives on Art in Public Places," edited by Stacy Paleologos Harris, published by Partners for Livable Places, Washington, D.C., 1985.
  "Planting Plastic," by Paula Dietz, Home Design Section of The New York Times, September 22, 1985.