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Art & Ecology


Art & Ecology:

Perspectives and Issues



Environmental Design

by Ronald W. Neperud and Marla Hochman

"No house should ever be on a hill or on anything.It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together, each the happier for the other."
- Frank Lloyd Wright

These essays examine how some artists have worked with nature as a resource for particular aesthetic endeavors. Artists with an orientation to environmental design have been interested in achieving particular formal aesthetic effects. However, in the 1980s and 1990s, artists, architects, designers, and civil engineers have explored ways to link art, aesthetics, ecology, and culture.

To explore ideas about environmental design, select one of the following artists:

Artist Artwork
Maya Lin Vietnam Memorial
James Mason La Grande Jatte Topiary Park
Paolo Soleri Arcosanti
Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin East









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