an ode to landscape architect dan kiley

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An Ode to LandscapeArchitect Dan Kiley

American landscape architect Dan Kiley (1912-2004) is a hero for

those of us ho follo and care deeply a!out this art form" #e is one

of the most important modernist landscape architects of the 20th

century" $ ha%e to !e honest that $&%e ne%er %isited any of his pro'ects

some 1000 in total orldide !ut 'ust throuh imaes and tal*s $

ha%e !een mo%ed !y his %ision his sense of the ordered and edited

landscape ithout it losin its soul and his intrinsic sense of place

and for hat feels riht"

$n his ords +to !uild landscapes of clarity and in,nity 'ust li*e a

al* in the oods"+ #e seems eactly the *ind of person $ ould ha%e

en'oyed !ein seated net to at a dinner party. stylishly /uir*y itty

and full of ideas" hose ho *ne him tal* endlessly a!out his

infectious enthusiasm" Landscape architect Laurie Olin says of Kiley.

+Dan&s thouhts are li*e ra!!its they *eep leapin out"+

#e or*ed ith the reat architects ero 3aarinen Louis Kahn and

$"" 5ei" #is desin %oca!ulary as in6uenced !y Andre Le 7otre the

18th-century rench landscape architect and ardener to Kin Louis

:$;" han*fullyhe


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currently oned and operated !y the $ndianapolis useum of Art and

is open to the pu!lic"

5hotoraphs of


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A!o%e. A dri%e inds throuh a hardood forest !efore reachin the

house"


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A!o%e. Kiley reinterprets the traditional ;ermont farm throuh a

modernist lens usin his characteristic rids and ordered eometry"


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A!o%e. he property ensconced in nati%e oodland sits atop a lo

rise ith panoramic %ies"


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A!o%e. ar!le steps descend to the house crossin a narro stream-

fed rill"


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A!o%e. ;ie outards to the rollin foothills of ;ermont&s reen

ountains rane"


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A!o%e. Dan Kiley at home" 5hotoraph !y Dana allaher"


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A!o%e. he iller #ouse


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A!o%e. $ndoor-outdoor li%in at the iller #ouse. desined !y

3aarinen landscape !y Kiley and interior desiner Aleander

irard" 5hotoraph !y Dana allaher"


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A!o%e. A classic outdoor entertainin area at the iller

#ouse" 5hotoraph !y Dana allaher"

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Li%es Onand race Knolton in the arden"

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