i io Slanfcscape Hrcbitecture 



"Buildings should never stand freely exposed, 

 lest they appear as spots, unconnected with the 

 nature surrounding them. Concealment enhances 

 beauty, and here something should always be left 

 to the imagination. The eye frequently finds 

 more pleasure in a single chimney in the distance, 

 with its spiral of grey smoke curling upward against 

 a background of trees, than in a bare palace exposed 

 to view on all sides, which nature has not yet lov- 

 ingly approached and embraced. It is highly im- 

 portant that buildings should always take on the 

 character of the landscape in which they figure. A 

 contrast may also occasionally fit in with the char- 

 acter of the whole, but it must always harmonize, 

 as I have pointed out in the example in the last 

 section : the sublimity of wild nature and magnificent 

 art. A pretty villa would not be a fitting contrast, 

 while an imposing ruin would present an analogy but 

 no contrast. Many of our German architects regard 

 this too little. Buildings in a city for instance must 

 be different from buildings in a park. In the one case 

 they are complete in themselves; but in the other they 

 are only a component part of the whole and are de- 

 pendent on it for picturesque effect, which they in turn 

 are also called upon to produce; hence their effect in 

 the landscape must be carefully studied." 



In other words, there should be conformity to the 

 character of the landscape in the design of the buildings. 

 The landscape architect and architect need to study 



