Casa de Cultura Julieta de Serpa in Rio The deepest pleasure of the Rio visit was seeing the work of garden architect Roberto Burle Marx. This landscaping genius, who died in 1994 at age 85, is described by garden writer Sima Eliovson as having "the greatest single influence on gardens since the development of the English garden tradition in the 18th century." In 1965, the American Institute of Architects in Washington designated him "the real creator of the modern garden," and The Kentucky Botanic Gardens in 1985 proclaimed him "the world's greatest living landscape architect; his gardens famous for their rhythm, texture and imagination." |