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The work of landscape architect Richard Haag is thoroughly grounded
in the
landscape of the Pacific Northwest, yet has won international recognition
for its universally appreciated artistic subtlety. His two designs for
the Seattle area, Bloedel Reserve and Gas Works Park, are among the
most celebrated modern American landscape projects. This is the first
book to explore these works, both in terms of Haag's design process
and of the impact of these projects on other architects.
"Richard Haag is one of the most important and influential landscape architects in America today. . . .Gas Works Park, modest in its means and radical in effect, shattered an almost universal attitude of how a park should look and what it might be. Conversely, at the Bloedel Reserve–with equal deftness and a few bold strokes–Haag reasserted the almost infinite possibilities presented by a limited palette of plants, earth, and water, returning landscape design to its roots. – Laurie Olin
"Richard Haag is the last of the postwar generation of modern landscape designers. . . . Here exhibited are his two master works, Gas Works Park and the Bloedel Reserve. They are uniquely Haag: intuitive, political, quixotic, and beautiful." – Peter Walker
"Haag is the kind of designer that turns you toward your own
soul for discoveries and connections, with the landscape you are experiencing.
Haag's own aesthetic reflects the influence of Japan as well as that
of his native Kentucky. His landscapes are as much shaped by Zen non-striving
as by a Kentuckian keep-it-simple pragmatism. There may be no better
Northwest mystic than a Kentucky farmer."
– Grant Jones & Ilze Jones
Richard Haag: Bloedel Reserve and Gas Works Park is the first book in Princeton Architectural Press's Landscape Views series. This series of small-format pamphlets will discuss current issues in landscape architecture in both visual and critical manners. Future titles will explore the works of Daniel Urban Kiley, Thomas Church, Roberto Burle Marx, and Jacques Simon.
Contents
Seized by Sublime Sentiments
Elizabeth K. Meyer
Bloedel Reserve Photographs
The Zen of Garden Design
Patrick M. Condon
Gas Works Park Photographs
A Teacher's Teacher
Gary R. Hilderbrand
Publication Title
Richard Haag: Bloedel Reserve and Gas Works Park
Year Published
1998, Princeton Architectural Press
Editor(s)/Author(s)
William S. Saunders, editor
with essays by: Patrick M. Condon, Gary R. Hilderbrand, Elizabeth K.
Meyer
In the Frances Loeb Library
General Collection: SB466.U7 B58 1998
Special Collections: Rare SB466.U7 B58 1998
Selected Bibliography
Richard Haag prepared by the Frances Loeb Library, April 1996