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The Central Garden The Central Garden, created by renowned artist Robert Irwin, lies at the heart of the Getty Center. The 134,000-square-foot design features a natural ravine and tree-lined walkway that leads the visitor through an extraordinary experience of sights, sounds, and scents. The walkway traverses a stream that winds through a variety of plants and gradually descends to a plaza where bougainvillea arbors provide scale and a sense of intimacy. Continuing through the plaza, the stream cascades over a stone waterfall or « chadar, » into a pool with a floating maze of azaleas. Specialty gardens encircle the pool. All of the foliage and materials of the garden have been selected to accentuate the interplay of light, color, and reflection. « Always changing, never twice the same » Robert Irwin began planning the Central Garden in 1992, as a key part of the Getty Center project. Since the Center opened in 1997, the Central Garden has evolved as its plants have grown and been trimmed. New plants are constantly being added to the palette. Irwin’s statement, « Always changing, never twice the same, » is carved into the plaza floor, reminding visitors of the ever-changing nature of this living work of art. Other Getty Center Features In addition to the Central Garden, the Getty Center features abundant landscaping for public enjoyment, including a cactus garden at the South Promontory, fountains in the Museum Courtyard and the Central Plaza, shaded hideaways, and spectacular views of the Santa Monica Mountains, the Pacific Ocean, and Los Angeles. Plants More than 500 varieties of plant material are used in the landscaping of the Central Garden, including:

Botanical name Common name Stream Garden: Angelica pachycarpa angelica Astelia chathamica ‘Silver Spear’ silver spear Canna sp. ‘Stuttgart’ canna lily Colocasia esculenta‘Fontanesii’ black-stem elephant’s ear Euphorbia characias ssp.wulfenii Mediterranean spurge Geranium maderense cranesbill Helleborus argutifolius‘Janet Starnes’ hellebore Loropetalum chinense‘Razzleberri’ fringe flower Limonium psilocladium dwarf statice Ophiopogon planiscapus‘Nigrescens’ black mondo grass Platanus acerifolia‘Yarwood’ London plane tree Russelia equisetiformis coral fountain Meadow: Muhlenbergia rigens deer grass Terrace Bowers: Bougainvillea sp. bougainvillea Bowl Garden: Ajuga reptans ‘Catlin’s Giant’ carpet bugleweed Anigozanthos flavidus kangaroo paw Asteriscus sericeus Canary Island daisy Berberis vulgaris ‘Purple Cloak’ barberry Brugmansia suaveolens‘Charles Grimaldi’ golden angels’ trumpet Cuphea hyssopifolia false heather Dalechampia dioscoreifolia purple wings Gaura lindheimeri gaura Heliotropum arborescens‘Black Beauty’ heliotrope Kalanchoe pumila kalanchoe Lagerstroemia indica‘Muskogee’ crape myrtle Lavandula × heterophylla‘Goodwin Creek’ lavender Libertia peregrinans gold-leaf New Zealand iris Myrsine africana African boxwood Nepeta × faassenii ‘Blue Wonder’ catmint Origanum vulgare ‘Jim Best’ ornamental oregano Rosa sp. floribunda roses, tea roses, climbing roses Salvia verticillata ‘Purple Rain’ sage Solanum pyracanthum solanum Tanacetum parthenium‘Aureum’ golden feverfew Tibouchina heteromalla princess flower Tulbaghia violacea ‘Silver Lace’ variegated society garlic Verbena bonariensis verbena Azalea Pool: Rhododendron sp. Kurume azaleas

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Colonnade of trees, eastern cemetery, malmö. Architect: sigurd lewerentz, 1885-1975.

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The Berg Manifesto:

While big and wealthy cities in many parts of the world challenge the limits of possibility by building gigantic hotels with fancy shapes, erecting sky-high offce towers or constructing hovering philharmonic temples, Berlin sets up a decent mountain. Its peak exceeds 1000 metres and is covered with snow from September to March…

Hamburg, as stiff as fat, turns green with envy, rich and once proud Munich starts to feel ashamed of its distant Alp-panorama and planners of the Middle-East, experienced in taking the spell off any kind of architectural utopia immediately design authentic copies of the iconic Berlin-Mountain. Tempelhof no longer only is on Berliners’ minds: People come in focks to – not to see the mountain. Thus,

Come and see The Berg!

German architect Jakob Tigges has projected a new and visionary landmark in Berlin. He plans to build a mountain of 1,000 meters high called “The Berg”, which would become a never-before-seen tourist destination in the German capital city. Seen at Plataforma Arquitectura.

Find via: http://www.archdaily.com
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