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Introduction / Jan Birksted -- sect. 1. The modernist context: Introduction to Modern gardens (1953) / Sir Peter Shepheard -- sect. 2. Relating architecture to landscape through elements and materials: Time and temporality in Japanese gardens / Mara Miller ; Detailing and materials of outdoor space : the Scandinavian example / Jan Woudstra ; Playing with artifice : Roberto Burle Marx's gardens / Jacques Leenhardt -- sect. 3. Relating architecture to landscape through geometry, form and scale: External interior/internal exterior spaces at the Maeght Foundation / Jan Birksted ; A landscape 'fit for a democracy' : Jože Plečnik at Prague Castle (1920-1935) / Caroline Constant ; Tokyo as emblem of a postmodern paradigm / Augustin Berque ; The re-invention of the site / Thomas Deckker -- sect. 4. Relating architecture to landscape through collaborations: Architect and landscape architect working together : Scharoun and Mattern / Peter Blundell Jones ; Dimitri Pikionis in situ / Dimitri Philippides and Agni Pikionis ; Landscape architecture : ecology, community, art / John Hopkins -- sect. 5. Contemporary case studies: The necessity of invention : Bernard Lassus's garden landscapes / Stephen Bann ; The prospect at Dungeness : Derek Jarman's garden / Jan Birksted ; Building in nature / Peter Salter ; Parc St. Pierre, Amiens / Sandra Morris.

These essays make a unique contribution to the documentation of twentieth century landscape architecture. They address key moments in history that have sometimes been overlooked or forgotten, emerging moments, potential moments of leverage. The essays present contemporary examples in architecture, landscape architecture and garden design that offer new models.