https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2212 en-us Over his 60-year career, Roberto Burle Marx established himself as a key figure in South American Modernism by designing more than 2,000 gardens and landscapes around the world for private residences, civic buildings, and public spaces.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11688 Wed, 18 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11688-review-of-roberto-burle-marx-brazilian-modernist Roberto Burle Marx, mineral roof garden, Banco Safra headquarters, São Paulo, 1983. Photo © Leonardo Finotti Victoria amazonica water lilies in the garden of the Gazenda Vargem Grande, Clemente Gomes Residence, Areias, designed by Roberto Burle Marx, 1979. Photo © Burle Marx Landscape Design Studio Rooftop Garden of the Ministry of Education and Health, designed by Roberto Burle Marx, Rio de Janeiro, 1938. Photo © Cesar Barreto Gardens Of the Walter Moreira Salles residence, now the Instituto Moreira Salles, with Burle Marx's azulejo tile wall and plantings around a fountain, 1951. Photo © Cesar Barreto Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, designed by Roberto Burle Marx, 1988-2004. Photo © Burle Marx Landscape Design Studio Avenida Atlantica, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, pavement designed by Roberto Burle Marx, 1970. Photo © Burle Marx Landscape Design Studio Roberto Burle Marx holding Heliconia hirsuta burle marx ii, one of the plant species that bears his name. Photo © Tyba Roberto Burle Marx, design for the Minister's Rooftop Garden, Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro, 1958. Photo © Burle Marx Landscape Design Studio Roberto Burle Marx, design for a mineral roof garden, Banco Safra headquarters,São Paulo, 1983. Photo © Burle Marx Landscape Design Studio Roberto Burle Marx, cover design for the Magazine Rio, 1953. Image courtesy Sítio Roberto Burle Marx Maquette for the Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro, 1937— 42. Architects: Lúcio Costa, Carlos Leão, Jorge Machado Moreira, Oscar Niemeyer, Affonso Reidy, Ernani Vasconcelos; Le Corbusier, consultant. Gardens by Roberto Burle Marx. Image courtesy the Museum of Modern Art Roberto Burle Marx painting a tablecloth in the loggia of his home, 1980s; the azulejo tile walls and chandelier composed of fruit and flowers on a metal armature are his work. Photo © Tyba Roberto Burle Marx with Le Corbusier in 1962. Photo © Burle Marx Landscape Design Studio, Rio de Janeiro Carnival Study, Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, c. 1960s. Image courtesy Sítio Roberto Burle Marx Tablecloth, 1989. Image courtesy Sítio Roberto Burle Marx Ring, probably 1960s, gold and pink quartz. Photo © Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo Necklace, 1965, gold and tourmaline. Image courtesy collection of Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos Installation view, Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist Image courtesy The Jewish Museum