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Premio al Libro John Brinkerhoff Jackson The Foundation for Landscape Studies is proud to announce the winners of the 2007 John Brinkerhoff Jackson Book Prize for recently published books that have made significant contributions to the study and understanding of garden history and landscape studies.
Anita Berrizbeitia
Roberto Burle Marx in Caracas: Parque del Este, 1956-1961
Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture,
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005Anita Berrizbeitia's interest in Roberto Burle Marx extends beyond his justified reputation as a master of regional modernism. She argues that "Burle Marx's Parque del Este is nothing less than a series of significant material and ideological transformations of the modern public park." Through an original examination of the Parque del Este's extensive social, geographic, and artistic context, the author traces the dramatic transformation of Venezuela's capital as the nation shifted from its rural, agricultural roots into a globally significant, stable democracy with an oil-based economy. The park was freighted with nationalistic ideologies that have remained powerful to the present day. The rich documentary materials, including an extensive plant list, are welcome features of this outstanding monograph. Berrizbeitia's exemplary research and analysis address multiple outstanding gaps in our appreciation and understanding of the design of public landscapes in the mid-twentieth century.
Anita Berrizbeitia joined the Landscape Architecture faculty at the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. She was assistant professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design from 1993 to 1998 where she received her M.L.A. in 1987. As an associate with Child Associates, Inc., Berrizbeitia focused on the design and building of landscapes ranging from urban-scaled projects to a wide array of private commissions. Her work has received several ASLA and BSLA awards. Her research focuses on modern and contemporary landscape architecture, with essays included in Daniel Urban Kiley, the Early Gardens; Recovering Landscape; Roberto Burle Marx: Landscapes Reflected; and CASE: DOWNVIEW. She is co-author, with Linda Pollack, of Inside Outside: Between Architecture and Landscape (1999).
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