Thursday, October 29, 2015

Dan Kiley

Dan Kiley (1912 - 2004)

DAN KILEY


Dan Kiley was one of the early pioneers of the Modernist style of landscape architecture, along with Harvard Graduate School of Design classmates James Rose and Garrett Eckbo. Influenced by the designs of Andre Le Notre, Kiley’s Classical Modernist Style embraced the formality of geometry as a heavy influence on the needs of man. Along with his belief that man was a part of nature, and not separate from it, these geometric forms provided order and structure to control the built environment. Kiley coined the term “slippage;” a condition in which landscapes extend beyond an implied boundary, creating ambiguous environmental relationships.




The following list is but a few of his notable works:



Currier Farm – Danby, VT
www.gardenista.com

Fountain Place – Dallas, TX
www.tclf.org/

John F. Kennedy Library – Boston, MA
www.tclf.org/

Krasberg Rose Garden, Chicago Botanic Center – Chicago, IL
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/CBG_rose_garden.jpg

Miller Garden – Columbus, IN
www.fernhilllandscapes.com


For further reading on Dan Kiley:



Daniel Urban Kiley: The Early Gardens: Landscape Views 2
Author(s): William Suanders and William S. Saunders

Invisible Gardens: The Search for Modernism in the American Landscape
Author(s): Peter Walker and Melanie Simo

Dan Kiley: Landscapes – The Poetry of Space
Author(s): Reuben M. Rainey and Marc Treib

Dan Kiley in His Own Words, America’s Master Landscape Architect
Author: Dan Kiley and Jane Amidon
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