Jordana Gurney
Joseph Banks 1743-1820 British naturalist, botanist and patron of natural sciencesEncouraged King George III to support voyages around the worldHMS Endeavour visiting Brazil, Tahiti, NZ and Australia collecting new specimens Wrote detailed descriptions while plants were fresh (illustrator sketched them at the same time) then placed in folded sheet in sun to dryFound many new... Continue Reading →
English Landscape Garden (picturesque): 1740-1820 Aristocratic estatesSeamless landscapes (use of hahas)Picturesque, tidied up, bucolic, painterly landscapesLandform, copses and waterOften with classical allusions (greek temples/pillars) and narrativesView from the house of a rolling, pastural landscapeWhole villages often moved to accomodate size, trees movedDesigned "natural" landscapeNotable influence: Capability Brown Stourhead, UKRetrieved From: https://www.imageseen.co.uk/photograph-stourhead Gardenesque (Victorian garden): 1830-1914... Continue Reading →
Wintergardens Situated in Auckland Domain Built in stages between 1916-1928 using funds from the Auckland Industrial, Agricultural and Mining Exhibition in 1913-1914Renovated several times - 1945, 1954, 1993-1994Currently undergoing seismic upgradesDesigned by Architect William Gummer of Gummer and Ford Showing influences of Sir Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll Designed in the Arts and Craft style... Continue Reading →
Spatial Design 