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Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994) was a Brazilian landscape architect, painter, and artist, renowned for his innovative approaches to landscape design that integrated native plants and modernist principles. He is best known for his work on the design of public gardens and parks, most notably the landscaping of the Copan Building and the Flamengo Park in Rio de Janeiro. Burle Marx's artistic legacy extends to his vibrant abstract paintings and his influence on contemporary landscape architecture worldwide.
1909–1994·lived 84 years
A garden is a complex of aesthetic and plastic intentions; and the plant is, to a landscape artist, not only a plant - rare, unusual, ordinary or doomed to disappearance - but it is also a color, a shape, a volume or an arabesque in itself.Lessons from Roberto Burle Marx: Designing Resilient and Evolving Urban Landscapes, ArchDaily
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