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true beauty is functional. It is said that the hu- 

 man body is beautiful because it expresses its 

 functions well. The function, then, should al- 

 ways aj^pear unmistakably, whether it be mainly 

 practical or esthetic or both in combination. 



It can safely be said that a beautiful design is 

 never the result of chance. It is only in very rare 

 cases that things have happened to be beautiful, at 

 least so far as the handiwork of man is concerned. 

 Wherever one is struck by a beautiful combina- 

 tion of landscape and architecture, whether it be 

 Durham Cathedral, on its river bluff, dominating 

 the landscajoe (Fig. 2), or the torii of Miya- 

 jima, enliancing the beauty of the sacred waters 

 (Fig. 3), it is certain to be the product of consum- 

 mate art, and not a happy accident. To be sure, the 

 conditions of location were taken advantage of in 

 both cases by the types of structure selected, but 

 it was the accomjDlished designer who welded the 

 diverse elements into a harmonious whole, and 

 brought out in all its perfection the consummate 

 work of art. 



Design is an expression of man's attitude to- 

 wards nature. It is universal, and the underlying 

 ideas are the same in all cases. Since landscape 

 design is only one of the kindred branches of gen- 



