Les Jardins de La Gara: Un domaine genevois du XVIIIe siecle avec des jardins d'Erik Dhont

Anette Freytag

Les Jardins de La Gara: Un domaine genevois du XVIIIe siecle avec des jardins d'Erik Dhont
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag
Country
Switzerland
Published
31 January 2018
Pages
272
ISBN
9783858818034

Les Jardins de La Gara: Un domaine genevois du XVIIIe siecle avec des jardins d'Erik Dhont

Anette Freytag

La Gara is an 18th-century country estate in Jussy, a village near Geneva, Switzerland. The buildings have been carefully restored by Swiss architect Verena Best, who also added inspired touches to the interior design. The renowned Belgian landscape designer Erik Dhont reinterpreted and subtly redesigned the gardens and surrounding grounds, completed by a palindrome-like labyrinth designed by Swiss artist Markus Raetz.

This new book tells the full story of the La Gara estate and illustrates its beauty. The essays investigate various aspects of its preservation and restoration of buildings and gardens and the contemporary interventions. They highlight features such as the historic watering system for the gardens and the fishponds and look at the specific Genevan garden tradition and characteristics of the rural landscape around Jussy with its biodiversity. Moreover, they contextualise La Gara with the ‘ferme ornee’, a villa with agricultural and ornamental features following ancient Roman models. The beautiful volume is rounded out with newly commissioned photographs by renowned Swiss photographer Georg Aerni.

Text in French.

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