Water / [presented by] Peter Shepheard.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Shepheard, Peter F., Sir, 1913- narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water and architecture.

Architecture--Aesthetics.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (26 minutes)).

Place of Publication:

London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 1980.

Summary:

The late Sir Peter Shepheard, knighted in the UK shortly before this talk, practiced architecture in London with his partner Gaby Epstein. He was also Professor of Architecture and Environmental Design at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA, where he was Dean from 1971 to 1979. From 1969 to 1971 he was President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, following which he became President of the Institute of Landscape Architects. But his first love was always ecology and nature, and his drawings of birds and other living creatures are famous. In his talk, he discusses water as a designer's material: "of all the materials used by a landscape architect" he says, "water is one of the most misunderstood". Yet it is so important "as a symbol of everything that is rich, abundant, sexual, delightful, and so on. Therefore we must treat it so that it fulfils this symbolic function". The appearance and behaviour of water; the design of margins and fountains; reflections - these are all aspects on which he elaborates, reminding us that the symbolism of water in temperate climates may be entirely different from what it is in Italy or Spain.

Contents:

Peter Shepheard

The Thames At Greenwich, London

The Mekong River, Bangkok, Thailand

Pool

Left: Waterfall At Lauderbrunnen. Right: Fountain In Lac Leman, Geneva, Switzerland

Top: Hilburn Island, Cheshire, UK. Bottom: Beaulieu River, Mud Flats, Hampshire, UK

Views Of Pool On A Welsh Stream

Granite Tank In A Bangkok Temple

Pool At Villa Garzzoni, Colloni, Italy

Ablution Tank In Shah's Mosque, Isfahan, Iran

Top: Shepheard Drawing Of Moat In Cattle House, London Zoo. Bottom: The Building & Moat Completed

Medici Fountain, Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, France

Artificial Pond At Old Imperial Palace. Kyoto, Japan

Artificial Lake, York University. UK

Reflections In An Amsterdam Canal

Lake At Kenwood House, London

Pond In Rothko Memorial Garden, Houston, Texas, USA

Fountain In Tuileries Gardens, Paris

Pocahontas Fountain At Logan Circle, Philadelphia, USA

Fountain By Walter Russow At German Pavilion, Expo 38. Brussels, Belgium

Weir On River Teifi, Wales

Fountains & Pool In Generalise Gardens, Granada, Spain

Fountain In Patio De Los Arrayanes In The Alhambra, Granada, Spain

Patio De Los Arrayanes (The Myrtles) In The Alhambra, Granada, Spain.

Notes:

Title from publisher's website (viewed April 19, 2021).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.