Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe (1900-1996) was an English
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Jellicoe was born in Chelsea. He studied at the Architectural Association in London in 1919 and won a Rome Scholarship in 1923 which enabled him to research his first book
Italian Gardens of the Renaissance with Jock Shepherd. This pioneering study did much to re-awaken interest in this great period of landscape design and through its copious photographic illustrations publicised the then perilously decayed condition of many of the gardens.
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Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe (1900-1996) was an English
landscape architectA landscape architect is a person involved in the planning, design and sometimes oversight of an exterior landscape or space. Their professional practice is known as landscape architecture....
,
garden designerThe term garden designer can refer either to an amateur or a professional. Amateurs design their own gardens. Professionals design other people's gardens. The compositional elements of garden design are: landform, water, planting, buildings, paving and climate. Professional garden designers and...
,
ArchitectAn architect is trained and licensed in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e. chief builder...
and author.
Jellicoe was born in Chelsea. He studied at the Architectural Association in London in 1919 and won a Rome Scholarship in 1923 which enabled him to research his first book
Italian Gardens of the Renaissance with Jock Shepherd. This pioneering study did much to re-awaken interest in this great period of landscape design and through its copious photographic illustrations publicised the then perilously decayed condition of many of the gardens. In 1929 he was a founding member of the
Landscape InstituteThe Landscape Institute is a British professional body for landscape architects. Founded in 1929 as the Institute of Landscape Architects, it was granted a Royal Charter in 1997. The Institute aims to promote landscape architecture, and to regulate the profession with a code of conduct that...
and from 1939-49 he was its President. In 1948 he became the founding President of the
International Federation of Landscape ArchitectsThe International Federation of Landscape Architects is an organisation which represents the landscape architectural profession globally...
(IFLA). From 1954-68 he was a member of Royal Fine Art Commission and from 1967-74 a Trustee of
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. He died in 1996, the best-known English landscape architect of his generation.
Design projects
- 1934-36 Caveman Restaurant
- 1934 -39 Ditchley Park
- 1947 Plan for Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead is a town in Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom with a population of 81,143 at the United Kingdom Census 2001 . Developed after World War II as a new town, it has existed as a settlement since the 8th century...
- 1956 Harvey's Store, Guildford
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- 1957-9 Water Gardens, Hemel Hempstead
- 1964-65 Kennedy Memorial
- 1970-90 Shute House
- 1979-89 Hartwell House Garden
- 1980-86 Sutton Place
Sutton Place in Surrey is a Grade I listed Tudor manor house built in 1530 for Sir Richard Weston. The estate has had a run of famous owners including Jean Paul Getty who spent the last 25 years of his life there. Its current owner is Alisher Usmanov....
- 1984 Moody Gardens
Moody Gardens is a tourist complex in Galveston, Texas. It is owned, through a complex agreement, by the City of Galveston but funded, operated, and supported by the multi-billion dollar Moody Foundation....
Books and other publications by Geoffrey Jellicoe
Italian Gardens of the Renaissance (with J Shepherd) 1926
A Landscape plan for Sark. This report was presented to an informal meeting of the members of the 1967
Baroque Gardens of Austria. 1932
Blue Circle Cement Hope Works Derbyshire : [1980?]
Garden Decoration & Ornament for Smaller Houses. 1936
Gardens of Europe. 1937
Gardens & design, Gardens of Europe. 1995.
Vol.3,
Studies in landscape design. 1996.
The Guelph lectures on landscape design. 1983.
The landscape of civilisation : 1989.
The landscape of man : 1975.
Motopia: a study in the evolution of urban landscape. 1961
The Oxford companion to gardens 1986.
Report accompanying an Outline Plan for Guildford prepared for the Municipal Borough Council. 1945
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, etc. 1933
Studies in Landscape Design. 1960
The studies of a landscape designer over 80 years c1993.
See also
- Landscape Institute
The Landscape Institute is a British professional body for landscape architects. Founded in 1929 as the Institute of Landscape Architects, it was granted a Royal Charter in 1997. The Institute aims to promote landscape architecture, and to regulate the profession with a code of conduct that...
- Landscape planning
Landscape planning is a branch of landscape architecture. Urban park systems and greenways of the type planned by Frederick Law Olmsted are key examples of urban landscape planning. Landscape designers tend to work for clients who wish to commission construction work...
- Collective landscape
The term collective landscape was introduced to landscape architecture by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe who wrote, on the dust jacket of The landscape of man, that 'The world is moving into a phase when landscape design may well be recognized as the most comprehensive of the arts. Man creates around him an...
- International Federation of Landscape Architects
The International Federation of Landscape Architects is an organisation which represents the landscape architectural profession globally...
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