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The Australian Garden: Chelsea 2011

Australian Garden: Chelsea 2011 Photo © Alice Joyce

The Australian Garden for Chelsea 2011: Inspired by the celebrated Australian Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbroune, the design illustrates the importance of water traveling from the parched outback region on a journey through rivers and gorges to Australia’s East Coast. An evocative wall element effectively conjures up images of burnt ochre sand dunes. Design developed by Melbourne-based Jim Fogarty.

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Urban Light by Artist Chris Burden

Chris Burden: Urban Light (Photo: Alice Joyce)

A sculptural installation by artist Chris Burden, this “forest of street lights” takes center stage on the LACMA campus.

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Villa Adriana: Hadrian's Villa

Outside Rome, a bit southwest of the town of Tivoli in Lazio Province, the monumental Roman ruins of Villa Adriana stand as a testament to the ambitions and fancies of Emperor Hadrian. Based upon the emperor’s design and built in the 2nd century A.D., the site presents a remarkable fusion of ostentatious architecture – a vast complex of buildings and courtyards, canals and thermal baths – cradled within hundreds of acres of green terrain.

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